Novel carboxamide compounds

ABSTRACT

Compounds of the formula (I), in which the substituents are as defined in claim  1 , are suitable for use as nematicides.

The present invention relates to novel carboxamide compounds, a process for the preparation of these compounds and their use as nematicides.

Carboxamides are described, for example, in WO0160783, WO03027059 and WO06016708.

Novel carboxamides containing a cyclopropyl(hetero)aryl moiety have now been found, which show good nematicidal activity.

The present invention thus relates to a compound of the formula I

wherein

Y is C—H, C—F, C—Cl or N,

A1, A2, A4 and A5 are, independently of each other, N, CH or CR6, where the number of N atoms in the ring containing A1, A2, A4 and A5 is 0, 1 or 2, R6 is, independently of each other, selected from halogen, cyano, C1-C4-alkyl, C1-C4-haloalkyl, C1-C4-alkoxy, and C1-C4-haloalkoxy, R1 and R2 are each methyl, or R1 and R2 form together with the carbon atom, to which they are attached, a cyclopropyl or cyclobutyl ring, R3 is, independently of each other, selected from halogen, cyano, R9, O—R9, NO2, COOR9, CONHR9, CONR9aR9, NHR9, NR9aR9, and NHCOR9, R8 is, independently of each other, selected from halogen, cyano, C1-C4-alkyl, C1-C4-haloalkyl, C1-C4-alkoxy, and C1-C4-haloalkoxy, R9 and R9a are, independently of each other, selected from C1-C4-alkyl, which is unsubstituted or substituted by one or more R10, C2-C6-alkenyl, which is unsubstituted or substituted by one or more R10, C2-C6-alkynyl, which is unsubstituted or substituted by one or more R10, aryl, which is unsubstituted or substituted by one or more R10, or heteroaryl, which is unsubstituted or substituted by one or more R10, R10 is, independently of each other, selected from halogen, cyano, C1-C4-alkyl, C1-C4-haloalkyl, C1-C4-alkoxy, and C1-C4-haloalkoxy, p is 0 to 4, m is 0 to 3, and tautomers/isomers/diastereomers/enantiomers of these compounds.

The compounds of formula (I) and, where appropriate, the tautomers thereof, in each case in free form or in salt form, can be present in the form of one of the isomers which are possible or as a mixture of these, for example in the form of pure isomers, such as antipodes and/or diastereomers, or as isomer mixtures, such as enantiomer mixtures, for example racemates, diastereomer mixtures or racemate mixtures, depending on the number, absolute and relative configuration of asymmetric carbon atoms which occur in the molecule and/or depending on the configuration of non-aromatic double bonds which occur in the molecule; the invention relates to the pure isomers and also to all isomer mixtures which are possible and is to be understood in each case in this sense hereinabove and hereinbelow, even when stereochemical details are not mentioned specifically in each case. This invention accordingly covers all such isomers and tautomers and mixtures thereof in all proportions as well as isotopic forms such as deuterated compounds. As an example, the compounds of the invention may contain one or more asymmetric carbon atoms, and the compounds of formula (I) may exist as enantiomers (or as pairs of diastereoisomers) or as mixtures of such.

The invention also covers salts and N-oxides of each compound of formula (I).

One skilled in the art also recognizes that because in the environment and under physiological conditions salts of chemical compounds are in equilibrium with their corresponding non salt forms, salts share the biological utility of the non salt forms.

Thus a wide variety of salts of compounds of the invention (and active ingredients used in combination with the active ingredients of the invention) may be useful for control of invertebrate pests and animal parasites. Salts amongst agriculturally and/or physiologically tolerable salts include acid-addition salts with inorganic or organic acids such as hydrobromic, hydrochloric, nitric, phosphoric, sulfuric, acetic, butyric, fumaric, lactic, maleic, malonic, oxalic, propionic, salicylic, tartaric, 4-toluenesulfonic or valeric acids.

Suitable amongst agriculturally and/or physiologically tolerable salts can also be the salts of those cations which do not adversely affect the pesticidal and/or parasiticidal action of the compounds of formula (I). Thus, especially suitable cations are the ions of the alkali metals including sodium, potassium and lithium, of the alkaline earth metals including calcium and magnesium, and of the transition metals including manganese, copper, iron, zinc, cobalt, lead, silver, nickel, and also ammonium or organic ammonium including monoalkylammonium, dialkylammonium, trialkylammonium, tetraalkylammonium, monoalkenylammonium, dialkenylammonium, trialkenylammonium, monoalkynylammonium, dialkynylammonium, monoalkanolammonium, dialkanolammonium, C5-C6-cycloalkylammonium, piperidinium, morpholinium, pyrrolidinium, or benzylammonium, moreover phosphonium ions, sulfonium ions, preferably tri(C1-C4-alkyl) sulfonium and sulfoxonium ions, preferably tri (C1-C4-alkyl) sulfoxonium.

Alkyl groups (either alone or as part of a larger group, such as alkoxy-, alkylcarbonyl- or alkoxycarbonyl-) can be in the form of a straight or branched chain and are, for example, methyl, ethyl, 1-propyl, prop-2-yl, 1-butyl, but-2-yl, or 2-methyl-prop-2-yl. The alkyl group (either alone or as part of a larger group, such as alkoxy-, alkylcarbonyl- or alkoxycarbonyl-), in each embodiment of the invention, is preferably C1-C3-alkyl, more preferably C1-C2-alkyl, especially methyl group. In the instance of alkoxy, examples are methoxy, ethoxy, propoxy, n-butoxy, isobutoxy and also their isomeric groups; preferably, independent of other embodiments, methoxy and ethoxy, especially methoxy.

Alkenyl groups can be in the form of straight or branched chains, and can be, where appropriate, of either the (E)- or (Z)-configuration. Examples are vinyl and allyl. The alkenyl group, in each embodiment of the invention, is preferably a C2-C3-alkenyl group, more preferably vinyl or allyl group.

Alkynyl groups can be in the form of straight or branched chains. Examples are ethynyl and propargyl. The alkynyl group, in each embodiment of the invention, is preferably a C2-C3-alkynyl group, more preferably propargyl group.

Halogen is fluorine, chlorine, bromine or iodine; halogen, in each embodiment of the invention, is fluorine, chlorine, or bromine; especially fluorine, chlorine, or bromine.

Haloalkyl groups (either alone or as part of a larger group, such as haloalkoxy-,) are alkyl groups which are substituted by one or more of the same or different halogen atoms and are, for example, fluoromethyl, difluoromethyl, trifluoromethyl, chlorodifluoromethyl and 2,2,2-trifluoro-ethyl. The haloalkyl group (either alone or as part of a larger group, such as haloalkoxy-,), in each embodiment of the invention, is preferably trifluoromethyl and difluoromethyl. In instance of haloalkoxy, examples are fluoromethoxy, difluoromethoxy, trifluoromethoxy, 2,2,2-trifluoroethoxy, 1,1,2,2-tetrafluoroethoxy, 2-fluoroethoxy, 2-chloroethoxy, 2,2-difluoroethoxy and 2,2,2-trichloroethoxy; preferably difluoromethoxy, 2,2,2-trifluoroethoxy, 2-chloroethoxy and trifluoromethoxy.

Cycloalkyl groups are mono-cyclic and are, for example, cyclopropyl, cyclobutyl, cyclopentyl and cyclohexyl. The C3-C6-cycloalkyl group, in each embodiment of the invention, is preferably a C3-C5-cycloakyl, more preferably a C3-C4-cycloalkyl group, especially a C3-cycloalkyl group. Where a cycloalkyl moiety is said to be substituted, the cycloalkyl moiety is preferably substituted by one to four substituents, more preferably by one to three substituents, such as one or two substituents, especially by one substitutent.

Alkoxycarbonyl is, for example, methoxycarbonyl, ethoxycarbonyl, propoxycarbonyl, isopropoxycarbonyl, n-butoxycarbonyl, isobutoxycarbonyl, sec-butoxycarbonyl and tert-butoxycarbonyl; preferred are methoxycarbonyl, ethoxycarbonyl and isopropoxycarbonyl.

Alkoxyalkyl is, for example, methoxymethyl, 2-methoxyethyl, ethoxymethyl, 2-ethoxyethyl, n-propoxymethyl, n-propoxy-2-ethyl, isopropoxymethyl and 1-isopropoxyethyl. The alkoxyalkyl group, in each embodiment of the invention, is preferably a C1-C4-alkoxy-C1-C4-alkyl, more preferably a C1-C2-alkoxy-methyl, such as methoxymethyl and ethoxymethyl groups.

Aryl groups (either alone or as part of a larger group, such as aryl-alkylene-) are aromatic ring systems which can be mono-, bi- or tricyclic. Examples of such rings include phenyl, naphthyl, anthracenyl, indenyl or phenanthrenyl. Preferred aryl groups are phenyl and naphthyl, phenyl being most preferred.

Examples of cycloalkylcarbonyl are cyclopropylcarbonyl, cyclobutylcarbonyl, cyclopentylcarbonyl and cyclohexylcarbonyl; preferred are cyclopropylcarbonyl and cyclobutylcarbonyl.

Examples of cycloalkoxycarbonyl are cyclopropyloxycarbonyl, cyclobutyloxycarbonyl, cyclopentyloxycarbonyl and cyclohexyloxycarbonyl; preferred are cyclopropyloxycarbonyl and cyclobutyloxycarbonyl.

The term “heteroaryl” refers to aromatic ring systems containing at least one heteroatom and consisting either of a single ring or of two fused rings. Preferably, single rings will contain up to 3 and bicyclic systems up to 5, heteroatoms, which will preferably be chosen from nitrogen, oxygen and sulphur. Examples of such groups include furyl, thienyl, pyrrolyl, pyrazolyl, imidazolyl, 1,2,3-triazolyl, 1,2,4-triazolyl, oxazolyl, isoxazolyl, thiazolyl, isothiazolyl, 1,2,4-oxadiazolyl, 1,3,4-oxadiazolyl, 1,2,5-oxadiazolyl, 1,2,3-thiadiazolyl, 1,2,4-thiadiazolyl, 1,3,4-thiadiazolyl, 1,2,5-thiadiazolyl, pyridyl, pyrimidinyl, pyridazinyl, pyrazinyl, 1,2,3-triazinyl, 1,2,4-triazinyl, 1,3,5-triazinyl, benzofuryl, benzisofuryl, benzothienyl, benzisothienyl, indolyl, isoindolyl, indazolyl, benzothiazolyl, benzisothiazolyl, benzoxazolyl, benzisoxazolyl, benzimidazolyl, 2,1,3-benzoxadiazole, quinolinyl, isoquinolinyl, cinnolinyl, phthalazinyl, quinazolinyl, quinoxalinyl, naphthyridinyl, benzotriazinyl, purinyl, pteridinyl and indolizinyl.

Compounds of the formula I can occur in isomeric forms. For example, when one substituent R3 is present, the cis (1a) and trans (1b) isomeric forms are possible, having two chirality centers on the cyclopropyl ring. The cis (1a) and trans (1b) racemic forms are diastereomers and each of them is a mixture of two enantiomer cis (1aa)/cis (1ab) and trans (1aa)/trans (1ab). For the enantiomeric forms, both chiral centers have their absolute stereochemistry formally inverted.

Accordingly, compounds of formula (I), including a compound of formulae (IA), (IB), (IC) or (ID), can be in form of each of formula (Ia) (cis), (Ib) (trans), (1aa) (cis), (1ab) (cis), (1aa) (trans) and (1ab) (trans).

It is possible that compounds of the formula I have further stereochemical centres in one of the substituents. Further isomers are then possible. The invention covers all such isomers and mixtures thereof.

The compounds of the formula I may occur in different tautomeric forms. The invention covers all those tautomeric forms and mixtures thereof.

Preferred is a compound of formula IA

where R1, R2, R3, R8, Y, m and p are as defined above for formula (I), and R6a, R6b, R6d and R6e are independently are, independently selected, from hydrogen, halogen, C1-C4-alkyl, and C1-C4-haloalkyl.

In an embodiment, a compound of formula IA is where R1, R2, R3, R8, Y, m and p are as defined above for formula (I), and R6a, R6b, R6d and R6e are, independently selected, from hydrogen, halogen, C1-C2-alkyl, and C1-C2-haloalkyl; preferably independently selected from hydrogen, difluoromethyl, trifluoromethyl, cyano and halogen; especially independently selected from hydrogen, fluoro and chloro. In an embodiment, independent of the substituents on R6b, R6d and R6e, R6a is C1-C2-alkyl, or C1-C2-haloalkyl (preferably difluoromethyl or trifluoromethyl), cyano and halogen, in particular R6a is fluoro or chloro. In a preferred embodiment, a compound of formula IA is where R6a, R6b, R6d and R6e are, independently of each other, selected from hydrogen, C1-C4-alkyl, C1-C4-haloalkyl, and halogen, Y is CH or N, R1 and R2 are each methyl, m is 0 or 1, R8, in event m is 1, is chloro, fluoro or trifluoromethyl, R3 is, independently selected from, halogen, cyano, C1-C2-alkyl, or C1-C2-haloalkyl, and p is 0, 1 or 2.

Preferred is a compound of formula IB

where R1, R2, R3, R8, Y, m and p are as defined above for formula (I), and R6a, R6b, and R6d are, independently selected from, hydrogen, halogen, C1-C4-alkyl, and C1-C4-haloalkyl.

In an embodiment, a compound of formula IB is where R1, R2, R3, R8, Y, m and p are as defined above for formula (I), and R6a, R6b, and R6d are independently selected from hydrogen, halogen, C1-C2-alkyl, C1-C2-alkoxy and C1-C2-haloalkyl; preferably independently selected from hydrogen, difluoromethyl, trifluoromethyl, cyano and halogen; especially independently selected from hydrogen, fluoro, methoxy, chloro and bromo. In an embodiment, independent of the substituents on R6b, and R6d, R6a is C1-C2-alkyl, or C1-C2-haloalkyl (preferably difluoromethyl or trifluoromethyl), cyano and halogen, in particular R6a is fluoro, methoxy, chloro or bromo.

In a preferred embodiment, a compound of formula IB is where R1, R2, R3, R8, Y, m and p are as defined above for formula (I), and R6a, R6b, and R6d are independently selected from hydrogen, halogen, C1-C2-alkyl, and C1-C2-haloalkyl; preferably independently selected from hydrogen, difluoromethyl, trifluoromethyl, cyano and halogen; especially independently selected from hydrogen, fluoro, chloro, and bromo. In an embodiment, independent of the substituents on R6b, and R6d, R6a is C1-C2-alkyl, or C1-C2-haloalkyl (preferably difluoromethyl or trifluoromethyl), cyano and halogen, in particular R6a is fluoro, chloro, or bromo.

In a more preferred embodiment, a compound of formula IB is where R6a, R6b, and R6d are, independently of each other, selected from hydrogen, C1-C4-alkyl, C1-C4-haloalkyl, and halogen, Y is CH or N, R1 and R2 are each methyl, m is 0 or 1, R8, in event m is 1, is chloro, fluoro or trifluoromethyl, R3 is, independently selected from, halogen, cyano, C1-C2-alkyl, or C1-C2-haloalkyl, and p is 0, 1 or 2.

Preferred is a compound of formula 1C

where R1, R2, R3, R8, Y, m and p are as defined above for formula (I), and R6a, R6b, and R6e are, independently selected from, hydrogen, halogen, C1-C4-alkyl, C1-C3-alkoxy and C1-C4-haloalkyl.

In an embodiment, a compound of formula IC is where R1, R2, R3, R8, Y, m and p are as defined above for formula (I), and R6a, R6b, and R6e are, independently selected from, hydrogen, halogen, C1-C4-alkyl, and C1-C4-haloalkyl.

In a preferred embodiment, a compound of formula IC is where R1, R2, R3, R8, Y, m and p are as defined above for formula (I), and R6a, R6b, and R6e are independently selected from hydrogen, halogen, C1-C2-alkyl, and C1-C2-haloalkyl; preferably independently selected from hydrogen, difluoromethyl, trifluoromethyl, cyano and halogen; especially independently selected from hydrogen, fluoro, bromo and chloro, more preferably independently selected from hydrogen, difluoromethyl, trifluoromethyl, cyano and halogen; especially independently selected from hydrogen, fluoro and chloro. In an embodiment, independent of the substituents on R6a, and R6b, R6e is C1-C2-alkyl, or C1-C2-haloalkyl (preferably difluoromethyl or trifluoromethyl), cyano and halogen, in particular R6e is chloro, or bromo. In another embodiment, independent of the substituents on R6b, and R6e, R6a is C1-C2-alkyl, or C1-C2-haloalkyl (preferably difluoromethyl or trifluoromethyl), cyano and halogen, in particular R6a is fluoro, or chloro.

In a preferred embodiment, a compound of formula IC is where R6a, R6b, and R6e are, independently of each other, selected from hydrogen, C1-C4-alkyl, C1-C4-haloalkyl, and halogen, Y is CH or N, R1 and R2 are each methyl, m is 0 or 1, R8, in event m is 1, is chloro, fluoro or trifluoromethyl, R3 is, independently selected from, halogen, cyano, C1-C2-alkyl, or C1-C2-haloalkyl, and p is 0, 1 or 2.

Preferably, in an embodiment of formula (I), including each of formulae (IA), (IB), and (IC), independent of other embodiments, Y is CH or N; more preferably Y is CH.

Preferably, in an embodiment of formula (I), including each of formulae (IA), (IB), and (IC), independent of other embodiments, R1 and R2 are each methyl or together with the carbon atom, to which they are attached, is a cyclopropyl or cyclobutyl ring; more preferably, in an embodiment of formula (I), including each of formulae (IA), (IB), and (IC), independent of other embodiments, R1 and R2 are each methyl or together with the carbon atom, to which they are attached, is a cyclopropyl ring; even more preferably R1 and R2 are each methyl. Preferably, in an embodiment of formula (I), including each of formulae (IA), (IB), and (IC), independent of other embodiments, R8 is, independently selected from, a halogen, cyano, C1-C2-alkyl, or C1-C2-haloalkyl; more preferably, R8 is, independently selected from, fluoro, chloro or trifluoromethyl.

In the event, m is 1, R8 is preferably in a position ortho to the carbonyl group; and is preferably fluorine.

Preferably, in an embodiment of formula (I), including each of formulae (IA), (IB), and (IC), and formula (IIc) and (IVa), independent of other embodiments, each R6, including R6a, R6b, R6c, R6d and R6e, is independently selected, from hydrogen, halogen, C1-C2-alkyl, C1-C2-alkoxy and C1-C2-haloalkyl;

more preferably independently selected from hydrogen, halogen, C1-C2-alkyl and C1-C2-haloalkyl; even more preferably independently selected from hydrogen, difluoromethyl, trifluoromethyl, cyano and halogen; especially independently selected from hydrogen, fluoro, chloro and bromo; more especially independently selected from hydrogen, fluoro and chloro.

Preferably, in an embodiment of formula (I), including each of formulae (IA), (IB), and (IC), independent of other embodiments, R9 and R9a are preferably selected from C1-C4-alkyl, which is optionally substituted by one ore more R10, wherein R10 is, independently selected from a halogen, cyano, C1-C4-alkyl, C1-C4-haloalkyl, C1-C4-alkoxy, and C1-C4-haloalkoxy.

Preferably, in an embodiment of formula (I), including each of formulae (IA), (IB), and (IC), independent of other embodiments, when p is 1, 2, 3 or 4, R3 is independently selected from a halogen, cyano, C1-C2-alkyl, C1-C2-haloalkyl, and a phenyl substituted with one or more of, independently selected from, C1-C4-haloalkyl, C1-C4-haloalkoxy, and halogen; preferably R3 is independently selected from halogen, cyano, C1-C2-alkyl, C1-C2-haloalkyl; more preferably R3 is independently selected from chloro, fluoro and trifluoromethyl. In the instance R3 is a phenyl, the one or more substituents on phenyl are preferably, independently selected, from chloro and fluoro. In an embodiment, p is 2, 3 or 4 and each of R3 are the same.

Preferably, in an embodiment of formula (I), including each of formulae (IA), (IB), and (IC), independent of other embodiments, p is 0, 1 or 2; more preferably 1.

Preferably, in an embodiment of formula (I), including each of formulae (IA), (IB), and (IC), independent of other embodiments, m is 0, 1 or 2, more preferably m is 0 or 1, especially m is 0.

Preferred examples of the ring containing A1, A2, A4 and A5 (see below) are

2,6-difluorophenyl (G1), 2-trifluoromethyl-phenyl (G2), 2-fluorophenyl (G3), 3-trifluoromethyl-2-pyridyl (G4), 3-chloro-2-pyridyl (G5), 2-trifluoromethyl-3-pyridyl (G6), 2-chloro-3-pyridyl (G7), 3-fluoro-2-pyridyl (G8), 3-chloro-2-pyrazinyl (G9), 3-methyl-2-pyrazinyl (G10), 3-bromo-2-pyrazinyl (G11), 3-trifluoromethyl-2-pyrazinyl (G12), 3-bromo-2-pyridyl (G13), 2-bromo-3-pyridyl (G14), 3-methyl-2-pyridyl (G15), 3-methoxy-2-pyridyl (G16), 2-tolyl (G17), 2-chlorophenyl (G18).

Preferably the ring is 2,6-difluorophenyl (G1), 3-trifluoromethyl-2-pyridyl (G4), 3-chloro-2-pyridyl (G5), 2-trifluoromethyl-3-pyridyl (G6), 2-chloro-3-pyridyl (G7), 3-fluoro-2-pyridyl (G8), 3-chloro-2-pyrazinyl (G9), or 3-bromo-2-pyridyl (G13); advantageously the ring is 2,6-difluorophenyl (G1), 3-trifluoromethyl-2-pyridyl (G4), 3-chloro-2-pyridyl (G5), 2-trifluoromethyl-3-pyridyl (G6), 2-chloro-3-pyridyl (G7), 3-fluoro-2-pyridyl (G8), or 3-bromo-2-pyridyl (G13).

In another group of compounds of formula (I), preferred examples of the ring containing A1, A2, A4 and A5 are 2,6-difluorophenyl (G1), 2-trifluoromethyl-phenyl (G2), 2-fluorophenyl (G3), 3-trifluoromethyl-2-pyridyl (G4), 3-chloro-2-pyridyl (G5), 2-trifluoromethyl-3-pyridyl (G6), 2-chloro-3-pyridyl (G7), 3-fluoro-2-pyridyl (G8), 3-chloro-2-pyrazinyl (G9), 3-methyl-2-pyrazinyl (G10), 3-bromo-2-pyrazinyl (G11) and 3-trifluoromethyl-2-pyrazinyl (G12).

Preferably in this group of compounds, the ring is 2,6-difluorophenyl (G1), 3-chloro-2-pyridyl (G5), 2-trifluoromethyl-3-pyridyl (G6), 2-chloro-3-pyridyl (G7), 3-fluoro-2-pyridyl (G8), 3-chloro-2-pyrazinyl (G9), 3-methyl-2-pyrazinyl (G10) or 3-bromo-2-pyrazinyl (G11); advantageously the ring is 2,6-difluorophenyl (G1), 3-chloro-2-pyridyl (G5), 2-trifluoromethyl-3-pyridyl (G6), 2-chloro-3-pyridyl (G7), 3-fluoro-2-pyridyl (G8), 3-chloro-2-pyrazinyl (G9) or 3-methyl-2-pyrazinyl (G10).

In a group of compounds of formula (I), Y is CH or N, R1 and R2 are each methyl or together with the carbon atom, to which they are attached, a cyclopropyl or cyclobutyl ring; p is 0, 1 or 2; in the event that p is 1 or 2, each R3 is independently selected from halogen and C1-C2-haloalkyl; m is 0 or 1; in the event that m is 1, R8 is a halogen; and the ring containing A1, A2, A4 and A5 is selected from 2,6-difluorophenyl (G1), 3-trifluoromethyl-2-pyridyl (G4), 3-chloro-2-pyridyl (G5), 2-trifluoromethyl-3-pyridyl (G6), 2-chloro-3-pyridyl (G7), 3-fluoro-2-pyridyl (G8), or 3-bromo-2-pyridyl (G13).

In another group of compounds of formula (I), Y is CH or N, R1 and R2 are each methyl or together with the carbon atom, to which they are attached, a cyclopropyl ring; p is 0, 1 or 2; in the event that p is 1 or 2, each R3 is independently selected from halogen and C1-C2-haloalkyl; m is 0 or 1; in the event that m is 1, R8 is a halogen; and the ring containing A1, A2, A4 and A5 is selected from 2,6-difluorophenyl (G1), 3-chloro-2-pyridyl (G5), 2-trifluoromethyl-3-pyridyl (G6) or 2-chloro-3-pyridyl (G7).

Compounds of formula I may be prepared according to Scheme 1 by acylation of an organometallic compound of formula III in which R3, p, R8, m and Y are as defined under formula I, and M(a) is a metal for instance an alkali metal such as lithium or an alkaline earth metal halogenide for instance magnesium chloride or magnesium bromide, with a carboxylic acid derivative of formula II in which A1, A2, A4, A5, R1 and R2 are as defined under formula I, and X(a) is a C1-C6 alkoxy, a hetero-substituted —C1-C6 alkoxy or a heteroatom-substituted dialkylaminyl, preferably an N,O-dimethylhydroxyaminyl or a morpholinyl, and generally in a solvent, such as methylene chloride, chloroform, toluene, DMF, but preferably THF, for between 10 minutes and 5 hours, preferably 30 min to 2 hours, and between −80° C. to 25° C., preferably −80° C. to 0° C. Numerous examples of such type of coupling reactions are known from the literature, for example from Tetrahedron Letters, 1981, 22, 3815 or from Synlett, 1997, 1414.

Compounds of formula IIa, in which A1, A2, A4, A5, R1 and R2 are as defined under formula I, wherein X(a) is as defined above, may be prepared according to Scheme 2 by a ring-opening reaction of an azlactone of formula IV, in which A1, A2, A4, A5, R1 and R2 are as defined under formula I, with a nucleophile X(a)H. X(a)H is for instance a C1-C6 alkanol, a heteroatom-substituted C1-C6 alcohol, a heteroatom-substituted dialkyl amine or a salt thereof, preferably N,O-dimethylhydroxylamine hydrochloride or morpholine in a solvent, such as methylene chloride, chloroform, toluene, DMF, dimethylacetamide, NMP, but preferably methylene chloride, in presence of a base, for between 1 day and two weeks, preferably 1 day to one week, and between 0° C. to 30° C., preferably 20° C. to 25° C. Typical bases used are pyridine and triethylamine. Such types of ring-opening of azlactones have been described in literature for example from WO2009/127722, from J. Comb. Chem. 2005, 7, 843, from J. Chem. Soc. Perkin Trans. 2, 741-8 or from Helvetica Chimica Acta, 1987, 70, 102. Azlactones of the type of formula IV can be prepared according to procedures described for instance in J. Chem. Soc. Perkin Trans. 2, 1993, 741 or in J. Comb. Chem. 2005, 7, 843.

One group of compounds of the formula II are those of the formula IIc

wherein A1, A2, A4 and A5 are, independently of each other, N, CH or CR6, where the number of N atoms in the ring containing A1, A2, A4 and A5 is 0, 1 or 2, R6 is, independently of each other, halogen, cyano, C1-C4-alkyl, C1-C4-haloalkyl, C1-C4-alkoxy, or C1-C4-haloalkoxy and R1 and R2 are as defined for formula (I); provided when A1 is CH or C—CH3, at least one of A4 and A5 is N or CR6. These compounds of the formula IIc are novel and are also part of the present invention.

One group of compounds of the formula IV are those of the formula IVa

wherein A1, A2, A4 and A5 are, independently of each other, N, CH or CR6, where the number of N atoms in the ring containing A1, A2, A4 and A5 is 0, 1 or 2, R6 is, independently of each other, halogen, cyano, C1-C4-alkyl, C1-C4-haloalkyl, C1-C4-alkoxy, or C1-C4-haloalkoxy, and R1 and R2 are as defined for formula (I); provided when A1 is CH or C—C1-C4-alkyl, at least one of A2, A4 and A5 is N or CR6.

In an embodiment, a compound of formula (IVa) is where A1 is N or CR6, A2, A4 and A5 are, independently of each other, N, CH or CR6, where the number of N atoms in the ring containing A1, A2, A4 and A5 is 0, 1 or 2, R6 is, independently of each other, hydrogen, halogen, cyano, C1-C4-alkyl, C1-C4-haloalkyl, C1-C4-alkoxy, and C1-C4-haloalkoxy, R6 is halogen, cyano, C1-4haloalkyl, C1-4alkoxy, or C1-4haloalkoxy, and R1 and R2 are as defined for formula (I).

In an embodiment, independent of other embodiments, a compound of formula (IVa) is where A1, A2, A4 and A5 are, independently of each other, N, CH or CR6, where the number of N atoms in the ring containing A1, A2, A4 and A5 is 0, 1 or 2, R6 is, independently of each other, halogen, cyano, C1-C4-alkyl, C1-C4-haloalkyl, C1-C4-alkoxy, or C1-C4-haloalkoxy, and R1 and R2 are as defined for formula (I); provided when A1 is CH or C—C1-C4-alkyl, at least one of A2, A4 and A5 is N.

Compounds of formula III, in which R3, p, R8, m and Y are as defined under formula I, and M(a) is a metal for instance an alkaline metal such as lithium or an alkaline earth metal halogenide for instance magnesium chloride or magnesium bromide may be prepared according to Scheme 3 by metalation of a compound of formula V, in which (R3, p, R8, m and Y are as defined under formula I and X(b) is a leaving group such as a halogen, preferably a chloride or a bromide with an organolithium, an alkali metal, an organoalkaline earth reagent or an alkaline earth metal in a solvent, such as THF, diethylether, TBME, preferably THF and diethylether, for between 10 minutes to 1 hour, and between −80° C. to 25° C., preferably between −80° C. to −20° C. Typical examples of an organoalkaline is n-butyl lithium or phenyl lithium. Typical examples of an organoalkaline earth reagents is isopropyl magnesium chloride, in the absence or in the presence of LiCl (“turbo-Grignard”). Typical examples of an alkaline earth metal is magnesium, which can be activated with various reagents including iodine. Compounds of Formula V are either commercially available or can be synthesized by known methods. One such method is shown below in scheme 4.

Compounds of the formula V can be prepared by cyclopropanation of a phenyl or pyridyl alkene of the formula VI, in which R8, m, and R3 are as defined under formula R1 and q is 0-2. The reagent used for the cyclopropanation is a carbenoid of the formula XIII, in which R3 is as defined under formula I, r is 0-2, and Mc is a metal or metal salt, which can be ligated with ligands. The reagent XIII can be prepared and used stochiometrically or it can be generated in situ or in nascendi from a carbene precursor and a metal, or metal salt which can be ligated with ligands, The metal or metal salt can be used catalytically. Metals, the salts and complexes of which are often used for this purpose are Fe, Rh, Co and Ru. Carbene precursors are typically dihaloalkanes or diazo compounds, or precursors of these. Such methods are described in H. M. W. Davies Organic Reactions 2001, 1. An alternative method is the Simmons-Smith reaction using organozinc compounds instead of XIII is described in A. B. Charette et al. Organic Reactions 2001, 58, 1.

One particular example of this process is the preparation according to scheme 4a of compounds of the formula Va, in which R8, m, and Y are as defined under formula I and X(b) is as defined under formula V. Vinyl aromatics of the formula VIa in which R8, m, Y and X(b) are as defined under formula VI are converted to trans trifluoromethyl cyclopropanes of the formula Va by treating them with in situ generated trifluoromethyldiazomethane in the presence of metal catalyst, for example Fe(TPP)Xd in which TPP is tetraphenylporphorin and Xd is a halide, carboxylate, or sulfonate group. The trifluoromethyldiazomethane is generated by treatment of a salt of 2,2,2-trifluoroethylamine with sodium nitrite in aqueous solution. This process is described in Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2010, 49, 938 and JP2011/105691. However this process is only described for amounts less than 1 g. It has been found that scaling this process up to 1 g or more results in an unacceptable rise in temperature. Furthermore the large volumes are a disadvantage. It has now been found that controlled addition of a sodium nitrite solution to a solution of a salt of 2,2,2-trifluoroethylamine in the presence of a metal catalyst allows for a safer controlled exotherm and a higher volume yield. External cooling can be used to remove heat of reaction thus allowing a faster process. The reaction only takes place once the nitrite solution is added. By controlling the addition of nitrite the reaction is controlled, and the temperature can be kept within a safe range. This temperature range is preferably between 0° C. and 100° C., more preferably between 0° C. and 50° C., most preferably between 10° C. and 40° C. The addition can be controlled by adding the nitrite solution at a particular rate or by adding the nitrite solution in portions, or by a combination of both. This process is superior and novel and part of the present invention. Many metal catalysts described in H. M. W. Davies Organic Reactions 2001, 1 can be used for this process. Preferred are Fe, Co, and Ru salts and complexes. More preferred are Fe complexes. Most preferred is Fe(TPP)Xd in which TPP is tetraphenylporphorin and Xd is a halide, carboxylate, or sulfonate group. More preferably Xd is a halide particularly chloride.

Compounds of formula I may be prepared according to Scheme 5 by oxidation of an alcohol of formula VII, in which A1, A2, A4, A5, R₁, R₂, Y, R3, p, R8 and m are as defined under formula I, with an oxidation reagent. Typical reagents for such type of transformation are chromium based oxidation reagents such as Collins reagent, Jones reagent, pyridinium chlorochromate, pyridinium dichromate, manganese based oxidation reagents such as MnO₂ and KMnO₄, periodinane based oxidation reagents such as Dess-Martin periodinane as described in D. L. Boger, Modern Organic Synthesis, TSRI Press, La Jolla Ca, 1999 pp. 87-93.

Compounds of formula VII, in which A1, A2, A3, A4, R₁, R₂, Y, R3, p, R8 and m are as defined under formula I may be prepared according to Scheme 6 by reaction of an organometallic compound of formula III in which R3, p, R8, Y and m are as defined under formula I, and M(a) is a metal for instance an alkali metal for instance lithium or an alkaline earth metal halogenide for instance magnesium chloride or magnesium bromide with an aldehyde of formula VIII, in which A1, A2, A4, A5, R₁ and R₂ are as defined under formula in a solvent, such as THF, diethylether, TBME, preferably THF, for between 1 hour and 5 hours, preferably 1 and 2 hours, and between −80° C. to 45° C., preferably −80° C. to 25° C. Examples of such reactions are known from the literature, for example from J. Comb. Chem. 2005, 7, 843.

Aldehydes of formula VIII in which A1, A2, A4, A5, R₁ and R₂ are as defined under formula I may be prepared according to Scheme 7 by oxidation of an alcohol of formula IX, in which A1, A2, A4, A5, R₁, and R₂ are as defined under formula I, with an oxidation reagent. Typical reagents for such type of transformation are chromium based oxidation reagents such as Collins reagent, Jones reagent, pyridinium chlorochromate, pyridinium dichromate, manganese based oxidation reagents such as MnO₂ and KMnO₄, ruthenium based oxidation reagents such as TPAP, periodinane based oxidation reagents such as Dess-Martin periodinane or by using Swern or Moffat-Pfitzner oxidation as described in D. L. Boger, Modern Organic Synthesis, TSRI Press, La Jolla Ca, 1999 pp. 87-93.

Compounds of formula IXa, in which A1, A2, A4, A5, R₁, R₂, are as defined under formula I, may be prepared according to Scheme 8 by ring-opening reduction of an azlactone of formula IV, in which A1, A2, A4, A5, R₁, R₂ are as defined under formula I, with a reducing reagent. Reducing agents which can be used are for example aluminium hydride reducing agents such as lithium aluminium hydride (LiAlH4), diisobutylaluminium hydride (DIBALH), borohydride reducing agents, for instance sodium borohydride (NaBH4), lithium borohydride (LiBH4) as listed in D. L. Boger, Modern Organic Synthesis, TSRI Press, La Jolla Ca, 1999 pp. 87-93. Such type of ring-opening reductions of azlactones is known for example from Journal of the Chemical Society, Perkin Transactions 1, 1983, 979, from Bioorg. Chem. Lett. 2003, 13, 1883, from J. Comb. Chem. 2005, 7, 843.

Compounds of formula Ia in which A1, A2, A4, A5, R₁, R₂, R3, p, R8 and m are as defined under formula I, and wherein Y is C—H may be prepared according to Scheme 9 by reacting an azlactone of formula IV, in which A1, A2, A4, A5, R₁, R₂ are as defined under formula I with a compound of formula X in which R3, p, R8 and m are as defined under formula I, in the presence of a Lewis acid, for example an aluminium based Lewis acid, preferably aluminium trichloride, in a solvent which can be an excess of the compound of formula X, for between 30 min to 5 hours, preferably between 30 min to 1 hour, and between −20° C. to 45° C., preferably 0° C. to 25° C.

Compounds of formula I may be prepared according to Scheme 10 by reacting via a cross-coupling reaction a compound of formula XI in which A1, A2, A4, A5, R₁, R₂, Y, R8 and m are as defined under formula I and X(c) is a leaving group selected from halogen, preferably chloro and bromo, or triflate, mesylate or tosylate, with a cyclopropyl donor of formula XII in which R3 and p is as defined under formula I, and Mb is a functionalized metal or metalloid, for example a boronate, a boronic acid, a boronic ester such as a pinacol ester, a trifluoroborate, in a presence of a transition metal-based catalyst, for example a palladium based catalyst and a base. Such types of cyclopropylation via cross-coupling are known from literature, for example from Synthesis, 2000, 1095, from Tetrahedron Lett. 2002, 43, 6987, from Tetrahedron Lett. 2010, 51, 1009, from J. Org. Chem. 2008, 73, 7481, from J. Org. Chem. 2010, 75, 6677, from J. Org. Chem. 2011, 76, 8126. Cyclopropylation agent of formula XII are either commercially available or can pe prepared according to procedure described for example in Tetrahedron Lett. 2002, 43, 6987, in Tetrahedron Lett. 2010, 51, 1009, in J. Org. Chem. 2010, 75, 6677. Other cross coupling reaction such as Stille and Negishi are possible when M(b) is for example a Bu₃Sn, ZnCl, or ZnBr.

Compounds of formula I, may be prepared by reacting a compound of formula XIII

in which R3, p, R8, m, Y, R1, and R2 are as defined under formula I; with an acylating agent of formula XIV

in which A1, A2, A4 and A5 are as defined under formula I, and X(c) is halogen, hydroxy or C₁₋₆ alkoxy, preferably chloro, in the presence of a base, such as triethylamine, Hunig base, sodium bicarbonate, sodium carbonate, potassium carbonate, pyridine or quinoline, but preferably triethylamine, and in a solvent, such as diethylether, TBME, THF, dichloromethane, chloroform, DMF or NMP, for between 10 minutes and 48 hours, preferably 12 to 24 hours, and between 0° C. and reflux, preferably 20 to 25° C.

When X(c) is hydroxyl, a coupling agent, such as benzotriazol-1-yloxytris(dimethylamino)phosphoniumhexafluorophosphate, bis-(2-oxo-3-oxazolidinyl)-phosphinic acid chloride (BOP-Cl), N,N′-dicyclohexylcarbodiimide (DCC) or 1,1′-carbonyl-diimidazole (CD), may be used.

It is clear that compounds of the formula (I) can be transformed to other compounds of the formula (I) through synthetic modification of the groups R1, R2, R3, p, R8 and m. Similarly such transformations can be performed on the intermediates (II)-(XII). There are a large number of suitable known standard methods, such as alkylation, halogenation, acylation, amidation, oximation, oxidation and reduction. The choice of the preparation methods which are suitable are depending on the properties (reactivity) of the substituents in the intermediates.

The reactants can be reacted in the presence of a base. Examples of suitable bases are alkali metal or alkaline earth metal hydroxides, alkali metal or alkaline earth metal hydrides, alkali metal or alkaline earth metal amides, alkali metal or alkaline earth metal alkoxides, alkali metal or alkaline earth metal acetates, alkali metal or alkaline earth metal carbonates, alkali metal or alkaline earth metal dialkylamides or alkali metal or alkaline earth metal alkylsilylamides, alkylamines, alkylenediamines, free or N-alkylated saturated or unsaturated cycloalkylamines, basic heterocycles, ammonium hydroxides and carbocyclic amines. Examples which may be mentioned are sodium hydroxide, sodium hydride, sodium amide, sodium methoxide, sodium acetate, sodium carbonate, potassium tert-butoxide, potassium hydroxide, potassium carbonate, potassium hydride, lithium diisopropylamide, potassium bis(trimethylsilyl)amide, calcium hydride, triethylamine, diisopropylethylamine, triethylenediamine, cyclohexylamine, N-cyclohexyl-N,N-dimethylamine, N,N-diethylaniline, pyridine, 4-(N,N-dimethylamino)pyridine, quinuclidine, N-methylmorpholine, benzyltrimethylammonium hydroxide and 1,8-diazabicyclo[5.4.0]undec-7-ene (DBU).

The reactants can be reacted with each other as such, i.e. without adding a solvent or diluent. In most cases, however, it is advantageous to add an inert solvent or diluent or a mixture of these. If the reaction is carried out in the presence of a base, bases which are employed in excess, such as triethylamine, pyridine, N-methylmorpholine or N,N-diethylaniline, may also act as solvents or diluents.

The reaction is advantageously carried out in a temperature range from approximately −80° C. to approximately +140° C., preferably from approximately −30° C. to approximately +100° C., in many cases in the range between ambient temperature and approximately +80° C.

A compound of formula (I) can be converted in a manner known per se into another compound of formula (I) by replacing one or more substituents of the starting compound of formula (I) in the customary manner by (an)other substituent(s) according to the invention.

Depending on the choice of the reaction conditions and starting materials which are suitable in each case, it is possible, for example, in one reaction step only to replace one substituent by another substituent according to the invention, or a plurality of substituents can be replaced by other substituents according to the invention in the same reaction step.

Salts of compounds of formula (I) can be prepared in a manner known per se. Thus, for example, acid addition salts of compounds of formula (I) are obtained by treatment with a suitable acid or a suitable ion exchanger reagent and salts with bases are obtained by treatment with a suitable base or with a suitable ion exchanger reagent. A salt is chosen depending on its tolerances for compound's use, such as agricultural or physiological tolerance.

Salts of compounds of formula (I) can be converted in the customary manner into the free compounds I, acid addition salts, for example, by treatment with a suitable basic compound or with a suitable ion exchanger reagent and salts with bases, for example, by treatment with a suitable acid or with a suitable ion exchanger reagent.

Salts of compounds of formula (I) can be converted in a manner known per se into other salts of compounds of formula (I), acid addition salts, for example, into other acid addition salts, for example by treatment of a salt of inorganic acid such as hydrochloride with a suitable metal salt such as a sodium, barium or silver salt, of an acid, for example with silver acetate, in a suitable solvent in which an inorganic salt which forms, for example silver chloride, is insoluble and thus precipitates from the reaction mixture.

Depending on the procedure or the reaction conditions, the compounds of formula (I), which have salt-forming properties can be obtained in free form or in the form of salts.

Diastereomer mixtures or racemate mixtures of compounds of formula (I), in free form or in salt form, which can be obtained depending on which starting materials and procedures have been chosen can be separated in a known manner into the pure diasteromers or racemates on the basis of the physicochemical differences of the components, for example by fractional crystallization, distillation and/or chromatography.

Enantiomer mixtures, such as racemates, which can be obtained in a similar manner can be resolved into the optical antipodes by known methods, for example by recrystallization from an optically active solvent, by chromatography on chiral adsorbents, for example high-performance liquid chromatography (HPLC) on acetyl celulose, with the aid of suitable microorganisms, by cleavage with specific, immobilized enzymes, via the formation of inclusion compounds, for example using chiral crown ethers, where only one enantiomer is complexed, or by conversion into diastereomeric salts, for example by reacting a basic end-product racemate with an optically active acid, such as a carboxylic acid, for example camphoric, tartaric or malic acid, or sulfonic acid, for example camphorsulfonic acid, and separating the diastereomer mixture which can be obtained in this manner, for example by fractional crystallization based on their differing solubilities, to give the diastereomers, from which the desired enantiomer can be set free by the action of suitable agents, for example basic agents.

Pure diastereomers or enantiomers can be obtained according to the invention not only by separating suitable isomer mixtures, but also by generally known methods of diastereoselective or enantioselective synthesis, for example by carrying out the process according to the invention with starting materials of a suitable stereochemistry.

N-oxides can be prepared by reacting a compound of the formula (I) with a suitable oxidizing agent, for example the H₂O₂/urea adduct in the presence of an acid anhydride, e.g. trifluoroacetic anhydride. Such oxidations are known from the literature, for example from J. Med. Chem., 32 (12), 2561-73, 1989 or WO 00/15615 or C. White, Science, vol 318, p. 783, 2007.

It can be advantageous to isolate or synthesize in each case the biologically more effective isomer, for example enantiomer or diastereomer, or isomer mixture, for example enantiomer mixture or diastereomer mixture, if the individual components have a different biological activity.

The compounds of formula (I) and, where appropriate, the tautomers thereof, in each case in free form or in salt form, can, if appropriate, also be obtained in the form of hydrates and/or include other solvents, for example those which may have been used for the crystallization of compounds which are present in solid form.

Tables 1 to 18: Compounds of Formula ID

The invention is further illustrated by making available the following individual compounds of formula (ID) listed below in Tables 1 to 18.

Each of Tables 1 to 18, which follow the Table Y below, make available 29 compounds of the formula (ID) in which Y, R1, R2, R3a and R8a are the substituents defined in Table Y and A is as defined in the relevant Table 1 to 18. Thus Table 1 individualises 29 compounds of formula (ID) wherein for each row of Table Y, the A substituent is as defined in Table 1; similarly, Table 2 individualises 29 compounds of formula (ID) wherein for each row of Table Y, the A substituent is as defined in Table 2; and so on for Tables 3 to 18.

TABLE Y Compound No. Y R1 R2 R3a R8a Y.001 CH Me Me H H Y.002 CH Me Me 2-CF3 (trans) H Y.003 CH Me Me 2-CF3 (cis) H Y.004 CH Me Me 2-CH3 H Y.005 CH Me Me 2-CN (trans) H Y.006 CH Me Me 2-COOMe (trans) H Y.007 CH Me Me 2-CONHMe H Y.008 CH Me Me 2-CON(Me)2 H Y.009 CH Me Me 2-NO2 H Y.010 CH Me Me NHCOMe H Y.011 CH Me Me 2,2-Br2 H Y.012 CH Me Me 2,2-Cl2 H Y.013 N Me Me H H Y.014 N Me Me 2-CF3 (trans) H Y.015 N Me Me 2-CF3 (cis) H Y.016 N Me Me 2-CH3 H Y.017 N Me Me 2,2-Cl2 H Y.018 N Me Me H H Y.019 N Me Me H F Y.020 N Me Me 2-CF3 (trans) F Y.021 N Me Me 2-CF3 (cis) F Y.022 N Me Me 2-CH3 F Y.023 N Me Me 2,2-Cl2 F Y.024 N Me Me H F Y.025 CH cPr H H Y.026 CH cPr 2-CF3 (trans) H Y.027 CH cPr 2-CF3 (cis) H Y.028 CH cPr 2-CH3 H Y.029 CH cPr 2,2-Cl2 H

Table 1 provides 29 compounds of formula (ID), wherein A is

(2,6-difluorophenyl) wherein the broken line indicates the point of attachment of the group A to the amide group, and Y, R1, R2, R3a and R8a are as defined in each row of Table Y. For example, compound 1.001 has the following structure:

Table 2 provides 29 compounds of formula (ID) wherein A is 2-trifluoromethyl-phenyl (G2) and Y, R1, R2, R3a and R8a are as defined in each row of Table Y.

Table 3 provides 29 compounds of formula (ID) wherein A is 2-fluorophenyl (G3) and Y, R1, R2, R3a and R8a are as defined in each row of Table Y.

Table 4 provides 29 compounds of formula (ID) wherein A is 3-trifluoromethyl-2-pyridyl (G4) and Y, R1, R2, R3a and R8a are as defined in each row of Table Y.

Table 5 provides 29 compounds of formula (ID) wherein A is 3-chloro-2-pyridyl (G5) and Y, R1, R2, R3a and R8a are as defined in each row of Table Y.

Table 6 provides 29 compounds of formula (ID) wherein A is 2-trifluoromethyl-3-pyridyl (G6) and Y, R1, R2, R3a and R8a are as defined in each row of Table Y.

Table 7 provides 29 compounds of formula (ID) wherein A is 2-chloro-3-pyridyl (G7) and Y, R1, R2, R3a and R8a are as defined in each row of Table Y.

Table 8 provides 29 compounds of formula (ID) wherein A is 3-fluoro-2-pyridyl (G8) and Y, R1, R2, R3a and R8a are as defined in each row of Table Y.

Table 9 provides 29 compounds of formula (ID) wherein A is 3-chloro-2-pyrazinyl (G9) and Y, R1, R2, R3a and R8a are as defined in each row of Table Y.

Table 10 provides 29 compounds of formula (ID) wherein A is 3-methyl-2-pyrazinyl (G10) and Y, R1, R2, R3a and R8a are as defined in each row of Table Y.

Table 11 provides 29 compounds of formula (ID) wherein A is 3-bromo-2-pyrazinyl (G11) and Y, R1, R2, R3a and R8a are as defined in each row of Table Y.

Table 12 provides 29 compounds of formula (ID) wherein A is 3-trifluoromethyl-2-pyrazinyl (G12) and Y, R1, R2, R3a and R8a are as defined in each row of Table Y.

Table 13 provides 29 compounds of formula (ID) wherein A is 3-bromo-2-pyridyl (G13) and Y, R1, R2, R3a and R8a are as defined in each row of Table Y.

Table 14 provides 29 compounds of formula (ID) wherein A is 2-bromo-3-pyridyl (G14) and Y, R1, R2, R3a and R8a are as defined in each row of Table Y.

Table 15 provides 29 compounds of formula (ID) wherein A is 3-methyl-2-pyridyl (G15) and Y, R1, R2, R3a and R8a are as defined in each row of Table Y.

Table 16 provides 29 compounds of formula (ID) wherein A is 3-methoxy-2-pyridyl (G16) and Y, R1, R2, R3a and R8a are as defined in each row of Table Y.

Table 17 provides 29 compounds of formula (ID) wherein A is o-tolyl (G17) and Y, R1, R2, R3a and R8a are as defined in each row of Table Y.

Table 18 provides 29 compounds of formula (ID) wherein A is 2-chlorophenyl (G18) and Y, R1, R2, R3a and R8a are as defined in each row of Table Y.

36 examples of formula (IIc) are made available where the ring containing A1, A2, A4 and A5 corresponds to each of G1 to G18 and wherein the substitutents R1 and R2, in formula (IIc) correspond to each row of Table Y above in context of formula (ID). So for example, a compound of formula (IIc) in context of 12.001 would be R1 & R2 are each methyl and the ring is 3-trifluoromethyl-2-pyrazinyl (G12). 36 examples of formula (IVa) are made available where the ring containing A1, A2, A4 and A5 corresponds to each of G1 to G18 and wherein the substitutents R1 and R2, in formula (IVa) correspond to each row of Table Y above in context of formula (ID). So for example, a compound of formula (IVa) in context of 9.025 would be R1 & R2 together is cyclopropyl and the ring is 3-chloro-2-pyrazinyl (G9).

A compound of formula (I) has been found to control the damage caused by a pest and/or fungi.

In an embodiment, a compound of formula (I) can be used in agriculture.

Accordingly, the invention is moreover directed to a method of controlling damage and/or yield loss caused by a pest and/or fungi which comprises applying to a pest, to a locus of a pest, or to a plant susceptible to attack by a pest and/or fungi or to a plant propagation material an effective amount of a compound of formula (I).

The compounds according to the invention can be used for controlling, i. e. containing or destroying, pests and/or fungi which occur in particular on plants, especially on useful plants and ornamentals in agriculture, in horticulture and in forests, or on organs, such as fruits, flowers, foliage, stalks, tubers, seeds or roots, of such plants, and in some cases even plant organs which are formed at a later point in time remain protected against these pests.

The compounds of formula (I) according to the invention are preventively and/or curatively valuable active ingredients in the field of pest control, even at low rates of application, which can be used against pesticide resistant pests and fungi, which compounds of formula (I) have a very favorable biocidal spectrum and are well tolerated by warm-blooded species, fish and plants.

The compounds according to the invention may act against all or individual developmental stages of normally sensitive, but also resistant, animal pests, such as insects or representatives of the order Acarina. The insecticidal or acaricidal activity of the compounds according to the invention can manifest itself directly, i. e. in destruction of the pests, which takes place either immediately or only after some time has elapsed, for example during ecdysis, or indirectly, for example in a reduced oviposition and/or hatching rate, a good activity corresponding to a destruction rate (mortality) of at least 50 to 60%.

It has now been found that the compounds of formula I according to the invention have, for practical purposes, a very advantageous spectrum of activities for protecting animals and useful plants against attack and damage by nematodes. Accordingly, the present invention also makes available a nematicidal composition comprising compounds of the invention, such as formula (I).

The compounds of formula (I) are especially useful for the control of nematodes. Thus, in a further aspect, the invention also relates to a method of controlling damage to plant and parts thereof by plant parasitic nematodes (Endoparasitic-, Semiendoparasitic- and Ectoparasitic nematodes), especially plant parasitic nematodes such as root knot nematodes, Meloidogyne hapla, Meloidogyne incognita, Meloidogyne javanica, Meloidogyne arenaria and other Meloidogyne species; cyst-forming nematodes, Globodera rostochiensis and other Globodera species; Heterodera avenae, Heterodera glycines, Heterodera schachtii, Heterodera trifolii, and other Heterodera species; Seed gall nematodes, Anguina species; Stem and foliar nematodes, Aphelenchoides species; Sting nematodes, Eelonolaimus longicaudatus and other Belonolaimus species; Pine nematodes, Bursaphelenchus xylophilus and other Bursaphelenchus species; Ring nematodes, Criconema species, Criconemella species, Criconemoides species, Mesocriconema species; Stem and bulb nematodes, Ditylenchus destructor, Ditylenchus dipsaci and other Ditylenchus species; Awl nematodes, Dolichodorus species; Spiral nematodes, Heliocotylenchus multicinctus and other Helicotylenchus species; Sheath and sheathoid nematodes, Hemicycliophora species and Hemicriconemoides species; Hirshmanniella species; Lance nematodes, Hoploaimus species; false rootknot nematodes, Nacobbus species; Needle nematodes, Longidorus elongatus and other Longidorus species; Pin nematodes, Pratylenchus species; Lesion nematodes, Pratylenchus neglectus, Pratylenchus penetrans, Pratylenchus curvitatus, Pratylenchus goodeyi and other Pratylenchus species; Burrowing nematodes, Radopholus similis and other Radopholus species; Reniform nematodes, Rotylenchus robustus, Rotylenchus reniformis and other Rotylenchus species; Scutellonema species; Stubby root nematodes, Trichodorus primitivus and other Trichodorus species, Paratrichodorus species; Stunt nematodes, Tylenchorhynchus claytoni, Tylenchorhynchus dubius and other Tylenchorhynchus species; Citrus nematodes, Tylenchulus species; Dagger nematodes, Xiphinema species; and other plant parasitic nematode species, such as Subanguina spp., Hypsoperine spp., Macroposthonia spp., Melinius spp., Punctodera spp., and Quinisulcius spp.

Particularly, the nematode species Meloidogyne spp., Heterodera spp., Rotylenchus spp. and Pratylenchus spp. can be controlled by compounds of the invention.

Examples of animal pests are:

-   -   from the order Acarina, for example,         Acalitus spp, Aculus spp, Acaricalus spp, Aceria spp, Acarus         siro, Amblyomma spp., Argas spp., Boophilus spp., Brevipalpus         spp., Bryobia spp, Calipitrimerus spp., Chorioptes spp.,         Dermanyssus gallinae, Dermatophagoides spp, Eotetranychus spp,         Eriophyes spp., Hemitarsonemus spp, Hyalomma spp., Ixodes spp.,         Olygonychus spp, Ornithodoros spp., Polyphagotarsone latus,         Panonychus spp., Phyllocoptruta oleivora, Phytonemus spp,         Polyphagotarsonemus spp, Psoroptes spp., Rhipicephalus spp.,         Rhizoglyphus spp., Sarcoptes spp., Steneotarsonemus spp,         Tarsonemus spp. and Tetranychus spp.;     -   from the order Anoplura, for example,

Haematopinus spp., Linognathus spp., Pediculus spp., Pemphigus spp. and Phylloxera spp.;

-   -   from the order Coleoptera, for example,         Agriotes spp., Amphimallon majale, Anomala orientalis,         Anthonomus spp., Aphodius spp, Astylus atromaculatus, Ataenius         spp, Atomaria linearis, Chaetocnema tibialis, Cerotoma spp,         Conoderus spp, Cosmopolites spp., Cotinis nitida, Curculio spp.,         Cyclocephala spp, Dermestes spp., Diabrotica spp., Diloboderus         abderus, Epilachna spp., Eremnus spp., Heteronychus arator,         Hypothenemus hampei, Lagria vilosa, Leptinotarsa decemLineata,         Lissorhoptrus spp., Liogenys spp, Maecolaspis spp, Maladera         castanea, Megascelis spp, Melighetes aeneus, Melolontha spp.,         Myochrous armatus, Orycaephilus spp., Otiorhynchus spp.,         Phyllophaga spp, Phlyctinus spp., Popillia spp., Psylliodes         spp., Rhyssomatus aubtilis, Rhizopertha spp., Scarabeidae,         Sitophilus spp., Sitotroga spp., Somaticus spp, Sphenophorus         spp, Sternechus subsignatus, Tenebrio spp., Tribolium spp. and         Trogoderma spp.;     -   from the order Diptera, for example,         Aedes spp., Anopheles spp, Antherigona soccata, Bactrocea oleae,         Bibio hortulanus, Bradysia spp, Calliphora erythrocephala,         Ceratitis spp., Chrysomyia spp., Culex spp., Cuterebra spp.,         Dacus spp., Delia spp, Drosophila melanogaster, Fannia spp.,         Gastrophilus spp., Geomyza tripunctata, Glossina spp., Hypoderma         spp., Hyppobosca spp., Liriomyza spp., Lucilia spp.,         Melanagromyza spp., Musca spp., Oestrus spp., Orseolia spp.,         Oscinella frit, Pegomyia hyoscyami, Phorbia spp., Rhagoletis         spp, Rivelia quadrifasciata, Scatella spp, Sciara spp., Stomoxys         spp., Tabanus spp., Tannia spp. and Tipula spp.;     -   from the order Hemiptera, for example,         Acanthocoris scabrator, Acrosternum spp, Adelphocoris         lineolatus, Amblypelta nitida, Bathycoelia thalassina, Blissus         spp, Cimex spp., Clavigralla tomentosicollis, Creontiades spp,         Distantiella theobroma, Dichelops furcatus, Dysdercus spp.,         Edessa spp, Euchistus spp., Eurydema pulchrum, Eurygaster spp.,         Halyomorpha halys, Horcias nobilellus, Leptocorisa spp., Lygus         spp, Margarodes spp, Murgantia histrionic, Neomegalotomus spp,         Nesidiocoris tenuis, Nezara spp., Nysius simulans, Oebalus         insularis, Piesma spp., Piezodorus spp, Rhodnius spp.,         Sahlbergella singularis, Scaptocoris castanea, Scotinophara         spp., Thyanta spp, Triatoma spp., Vatiga illudens;     -   from the order homoptera, for example,         Acyrthosium pisum, Adalges spp, Agalliana ensigera, Agonoscena         targionii, Aleurodicus spp, Aleurocanthus spp, Aleurolobus         barodensis, Aleurothrixus floccosus, Aleyrodes brassicae,         Amarasca biguttula, Amritodus atkinsoni, Aonidiella spp.,         Aphididae, Aphis spp., Aspidiotus spp., Aulacorthum solani,         Bactericera cockerelli, Bemisia spp, Brachycaudus spp,         Brevicoryne brassicae, Cacopsylla spp, Cavariella aegopodii         Scop., Ceroplaster spp., Chrysomphalus aonidium, Chrysomphalus         dictyospermi, Cicadella spp, Cofana spectra, Cryptomyzus spp,         Cicadulina spp, Coccus hesperidum, Dalbulus maidis, Dialeurodes         spp, Diaphorina citri, Diuraphis noxia, Dysaphis spp, Empoasca         spp., Eriosoma larigerum, Erythroneura spp., Gascardia spp.,         Glycaspis brimblecombei, Hyadaphis pseudobrassicae, Hyalopterus         spp, Hyperomyzus pallidus, Idioscopus clypealis, Jacobiasca         lybica, Laodelphax spp., Lecanium corni, Lepidosaphes spp.,         Lopaphis erysimi, Lyogenys maidis, Macrosiphum spp., Mahanarva         spp, Metcalfa pruinosa, Metopolophium dirhodum, Myndus crudus,         Myzus spp., Neotoxoptera sp, Nephotettix spp., Nilaparvata spp.,         Nippolachnus piri Mats, Odonaspis ruthae, Oregma lanigera         Zehnter, Parabemisia myricae, Paratrioza cockerelli, Parlatoria         spp., Pemphigus spp., Peregrinus maidis, Perkinsiella spp,         Phorodon humuli, Phylloxera spp, Planococcus spp.,         Pseudaulacaspis spp., Pseudococcus spp., Pseudatomoscelis         seriatus, Psylla spp., Pulvinaria aethiopica, Quadraspidiotus         spp., Quesada gigas, Recilia dorsalis, Rhopalosiphum spp.,         Saissetia spp., Scaphoideus spp., Schizaphis spp., Sitobion         spp., Sogatella furcifera, Spissistilus festinus, Tarophagus         Proserpina, Toxoptera spp, Trialeurodes spp, Tridiscus         sporoboli, Trionymus spp, Trioza erytreae, Unaspis citri, Zygina         flammigera, Zyginidia scutellaris;     -   from the order Hymenoptera, for example,         Acromyrmex, Arge spp, Atta spp., Cephus spp., Diprion spp.,         Diprionidae, Gilpinia polytoma, Hoplocampa spp., Lasius spp.,         Monomorium pharaonis, Neodiprion spp., Pogonomyrmex spp,         Slenopsis invicta, Solenopsis spp. and Vespa spp.;     -   from the order Isoptera, for example,         Coptotermes spp, Corniternes cumulans, Incisitermes spp,         Macrotermes spp, Mastotermes spp, Microtermes spp,         Reticulitermes spp.; Solenopsis geminate     -   from the order Lepidoptera, for example,         Acleris spp., Adoxophyes spp., Aegeria spp., Agrotis spp.,         Alabama argillaceae, Amylois spp., Anticarsia gemmatalis,         Archips spp., Argyresthia spp, Argyrotaenia spp., Autographa         spp., Bucculatrix thurberiella, Busseola fusca, Cadra cautella,         Carposina nipponensis, Chilo spp., Choristoneura spp.,         Chrysoteuchia topiaria, Clysia ambiguella, Cnaphalocrocis spp.,         Cnephasia spp., Cochylis spp., Coleophora spp., Colias lesbia,         Cosmophila flava, Crambus spp, Crocidolomia binotalis,         Cryptophlebia leucotreta, Cydalima perspectalis, Cydia spp.,         Diaphania perspectalis, Diatraea spp., Diparopsis castanea,         Earias spp., Eldana saccharina, Ephestia spp., Epinotia spp,         Estigmene acrea, Etiella zinckinella, Eucosma spp., Eupoecilia         ambiguella, Euproctis spp., Euxoa spp., Feltia jaculiferia,         Grapholita spp., Hedya nubiferana, Heliothis spp., Hellula         undalis, Herpetogramma spp, Hyphantria cunea, Keiferia         lycopersicella, Lasmopalpus lignosellus, Leucoptera scitella,         Lithocollethis spp., Lobesia botrana, Loxostege bifidalis,         Lymantria spp., Lyonetia spp., Malacosoma spp., Mamestra         brassicae, Manduca sexta, Mythimna spp, Noctua spp, Operophtera         spp., Orniodes indica, Ostrinia nubilalis, Pammene spp.,         Pandemis spp., Panolis flammea, Papaipema nebris, Pectinophora         gossypiela, Perileucoptera coffeella, Pseudaletia unipuncta,         Phthorimaea operculella, Pieris rapae, Pieris spp., Plutella         xylostella, Prays spp., Pseudoplusia spp, Rachiplusia nu, Richia         albicosta, Scirpophaga spp., Sesamia spp., Sparganothis spp.,         Spodoptera spp., Sylepta derogate, Synanthedon spp.,         Thaumetopoea spp., Tortrix spp., Trichoplusia ni, Tuta absoluta,         and Yponomeuta spp.;     -   from the order Mallophaga, for example,

Damalinea spp. and Trichodectes spp.;

-   -   from the order Orthoptera, for example,         Blatta spp., Blattella spp., Gryllotalpa spp., Leucophaea         maderae, Locusta spp., Neocurtilla hexadactyla, Periplaneta         spp., Scapteriscus spp, and Schistocerca spp.;     -   from the order Psocoptera, for example,

Liposcelis spp.;

-   -   from the order Siphonaptera, for example,         Ceratophyllus spp., Ctenocephalides spp. and Xenopsylla cheopis;     -   from the order Thysanoptera, for example,         Calliothrips phaseoli, Frankliniella spp., Heliothrips spp,         Hercinothrips spp., Parthenothrips spp, Scirtothrips aurantii,         Sericothrips variabilis, Taeniothrips spp., Thrips spp;     -   from the order Thysanura, for example,         Lepisma saccharina.

In a further aspect, the invention may also relate to a method of controlling or preventing infestation of useful plants by phytopathogenic microorganisms, wherein a compound of formula (I) is applied as acitve ingredient to the plants, to parts thereof or the locus thereof. The compounds of formula (I) according to the invention are distinguished by activity, by being well tolerated by plants and by being environmentally safe. They have very useful curative, preventive and systemic properties and are used for protecting numerous useful plants. The compounds of formula (I) can be used to inhibit or destroy the diseases that occur on plants or parts of plants (fruit, blossoms, leaves, stems, tubers, roots) of different useful plants, while at the same time protecting also those parts of the plants that grow later e.g. from phytopathogenic microorganisms. It is also possible to use compounds of formula (I) as dressing agents for the treatment of plant propagation material, in particular of seeds (fruit, tubers, grains) and plant cuttings (e.g. rice), for the protection against fungal infections as well as against phytopathogenic fungi occurring in the soil.

Examples of fungi include: Fungi imperfecti (e.g. Botrytis, Pyricularia, Helminthosporium, Fusarium, Septoria, Cercospora and Alternaria); Basidiomycetes (e.g. Rhizoctonia, Hemileia, Puccinia); the Ascomycetes classes (e.g. Venturia and Erysiphe, Podosphaera, Monilinia, Uncinula); Oomycetes classes (e.g. Phytophthora, Pythium, Plasmopara); Zygomycetes (e.g., Rhizopus spp.); family Phakopsoraceae, particularly those of the genus Phakopsora, for example Phakopsora pachyrhizi, which is also referred to as Asian soybean rust, and those of the family Pucciniaceae, particularly those of the genus Puccinia such as Puccinia graminis, also known as stem rust or black rust, which is a problem disease in cereal plants and Puccinia recondita, also known as brown rust.

Among the plants and the possible diseases of these plants protected by the method according to the present invention, mention may be made of:

-   -   wheat, as regards controlling the following seed diseases:         fusaria (Microdochium nivale and Fusarium roseum), stinking smut         (Tilletia caries, Tilletia controversa or Tilletia indica),         septoria disease (Septoria nodorum) and loose smut;     -   wheat, as regards controlling the following diseases of the         aerial parts of the plant: cereal eyespot (Tapesia yallundae,         Tapesia acuiformis), take-all (Gaeumannomyces graminis), foot         blight (F. culmorum, F. graminearum), black speck (Rhizoctonia         cerealis), powdery mildew (Erysiphe graminis forma specie         tritici), rusts (Puccinia striiformis and Puccinia recondita)         and septoria diseases (Septoria tritici and Septoria nodorum);     -   wheat and barley, as regards controlling bacterial and viral         diseases, for example barley yellow mosaic; —barley, as regards         controlling the following seed diseases: net blotch (Pyrenophora         graminea, Pyrenophora teres and Cochliobolus sativus), loose         smut (Ustilago nuda) and fusaria (Microdochium nivale and         Fusarium roseum);     -   barley, as regards controlling the following diseases of the         aerial parts of the plant: cereal eyespot (Tapesia yallundae),         net blotch (Pyrenophora teres and Cochliobolus sativus), powdery         mildew (Erysiphe graminis forma specie hordei), dwarf leaf rust         (Puccinia hordei) and leaf blotch (Rhynchosporium secalis);     -   potato, as regards controlling tuber diseases (in particular         Helminthosporium solani, Phoma tuberosa, Rhizoctonia solani,         Fusarium solani), mildew (Plrytopthora infestans) and certain         viruses (virus Y);     -   potato, as regards controlling the following foliage diseases:         early blight (Alternaria solani), mildew (Phytophthora         infestans);     -   cotton, as regards controlling the following diseases of young         plants grown from seeds: damping-off and collar rot (Rhizoctonia         solani, Fusarium oxysporum) and black root rot (Thielaviopsis         basicola);     -   protein yielding plants, for example peas, as regards         controlling the following seed diseases: anthracnose (Ascochyta         pisi, Mycosphaerella pinodes), fusaria (Fusarium oxysporum),         grey mould (Botrytis cinerea) and mildew (Peronospora pisi);     -   oil-bearing plants, for example rape, as regards controlling the         following seed diseases: Phoma lingam, Alternaria brassicae and         Sclerotinia sclerotiorum;     -   corn, as regards controlling seed diseases: (Rhizopus sp.,         Penicillium sp., [0104]Trichoderma sp., Aspergillus sp., and         Gibber ellafujikuroi);     -   flax, as regards controlling the seed disease: Alternaria         linicola;     -   forest trees, as regards controlling damping-off (Fusarium         oxysporum, Rhizoctonia solani);     -   rice, as regards controlling the following diseases of the         aerial parts: blast disease (Magnaporthe grisea), bordered         sheath spot (Rhizoctonia solani);     -   leguminous plants, as regards controlling the following diseases         of seeds or of young plants grown from seeds: damping-off and         collar rot (Fusarium oxysporum, Fusarium roseum, Rhizoctonia         solani, Pythium sp.);     -   leguminous plants, as regards controlling the following diseases         of the aerial parts: grey mould (Botrytis sp.), powdery mildews         (in particular Erysiphe cichoracearum, Sphaerotheca fuliginea         and Leveillula taurica), fusaria (Fusarium oxysporum, Fusarium         roseum), leaf spot (Cladosporium sp.), alternaria leaf spot         (Alternaria sp.), anthracnose (Colletotrichum sp.), septoria         leaf spot (Septoria sp.), black speck (Rhizoctonia solani),         mildews (for example Bremia lactucae, Peronospora sp.,         Pseudoperonospora sp., Phytophthora sp.);     -   fruit trees, as regards diseases of the aerial parts: monilia         disease (Monilia fructigenae, M. laxa), scab (Venturia         inaequalis), powdery mildew (Podosphaera leucotricha); —vine, as         regards diseases of the foliage: in particular grey mould         (Botrytis cinerea), powdery mildew (Uncinula necator), black rot         (Guignardia biwelli) and mildew (Plasmopara viticola);     -   beetroot, as regards the following diseases of the aerial parts:         cercospora blight (Cercospora beticola), powdery mildew         (Erysiphe beticola), leaf spot (Ramularia beticola).

The fungicide composition according to the present invention may also be used against fungal diseases liable to grow on or inside timber. The term “timber” means all types of species of wood, and all types of working of this wood intended for construction, for example solid wood, high-density wood, laminated wood, and plywood. The method for treating timber according to the invention mainly consists in contacting one or more compounds of the present invention, or a composition according to the invention; this includes for example direct application, spraying, dipping, injection or any other suitable means.

Compounds of this invention are effective for controlling nematode, insect, acarid pests and/or fungal pathogens of agronomic plants, both growing and harvested, when employed alone, they may also be used in combination with other biological active agents used in agriculture, such as one or more nematicides, insecticides, acaricides, fungicides, bactericides, plant activator, molluscicide, and pheromones (whether chemical or biological). Mixing the compounds of the invention or the compositions thereof in the use form as pesticides with other pesticides frequently results in a broader pesticidal spectrum of action. For example, the formula (I) compounds of this invention may be used effectively in conjunction or combination with pyrethroids, neonicotinoids, macrolides, diamides, phosphates, carbamates, cyclodienes, formamidines, phenol tin compounds, chlorinated hydrocarbons, benzoylphenyl ureas, pyrroles and the like.

The activity of the compositions according to the invention can be broadened considerably, and adapted to prevailing circumstances, by adding, for example, one or more insecticidally, acaricidally, nematicidally and/or fungicidally active agents. The combinations compounds of formula (I) with other insecticidally, acaricidally, nematicidally and/or fungicidally active agents may also have further surprising advantages which can also be described, in a wider sense, as synergistic activity. For example, better tolerance by plants, reduced phytotoxicity, pests or fungi can be controlled in their different development stages or better behaviour during their production, for example during grinding or mixing, during their storage or during their use.

The following list of pesticides together with which the compounds according to the invention can be used, is intended to illustrate the possible combinations by way of example.

The following combination of the compounds of formula (I) with another active compounds are preferred (the abbreviation “TX” means “one compound selected from the 29 compounds of each of Tables 1 to 18 shown above, more preferably Tables 19 and 20 shown below, even more preferably on compound selected from 19.001, 19.003, 19.004, 19.005, 19.006, 19.007, 19.008, 19.009, 19.010, 19.011, 19.012, 19.013, 19.014, 19.015, 19.017, 19.018, 19.019, 19.020, 19.021, 19.022, 19.023, 19.024, 19.025, 19.026, 19.027, 19.028, 19.029, 19.033, 19.036, 19.037, 19.038, 19.041, 19.042, 19.043, 19.044, 19.045, 19.046, 19.053, 19.054, 19.056, 19.057, 19.059, 19.060, 19.062 and 19.064”):

an adjuvant selected from the group of substances consisting of petroleum oils (alternative name) (628)+TX,

an acaricide selected from the group of substances consisting of 1,1-bis(4-chlorophenyl)-2-ethoxyethanol (IUPAC name) (910)+TX, 2,4-dichlorophenyl benzenesulfonate (IUPAC/Chemical Abstracts name) (1059)+TX, 2-fluoro-N-methyl-N-1-naphthylacetamide (IUPAC name) (1295)+TX, 4-chlorophenyl phenyl sulfone (IUPAC name) (981)+TX, abamectin (1)+TX, acequinocyl (3)+TX, acetoprole [CCN]+TX, acrinathrin (9)+TX, aldicarb (16)+TX, aldoxycarb (863)+TX, alpha-cypermethrin (202)+TX, amidithion (870)+TX, amidoflumet [CCN]+TX, amidothioate (872)+TX, amiton (875)+TX, amiton hydrogen oxalate (875)+TX, amitraz (24)+TX, aramite (881)+TX, arsenous oxide (882)+TX, AVI 382 (compound code)+TX, AZ 60541 (compound code)+TX, azinphos-ethyl (44)+TX, azinphos-methyl (45)+TX, azobenzene (IUPAC name) (888)+TX, azocyclotin (46)+TX, azothoate (889)+TX, benomyl (62)+TX, benoxafos (alternative name) [CCN]+TX, benzoximate (71)+TX, benzyl benzoate (IUPAC name) [CCN]+TX, bifenazate (74)+TX, bifenthrin (76)+TX, binapacryl (907)+TX, brofenvalerate (alternative name)+TX, bromocyclen (918)+TX, bromophos (920)+TX, bromophos-ethyl (921)+TX, bromopropylate (94)+TX, buprofezin (99)+TX, butocarboxim (103)+TX, butoxycarboxim (104)+TX, butylpyridaben (alternative name)+TX, calcium polysulfide (IUPAC name) (111)+TX, camphechlor (941)+TX, carbanolate (943)+TX, carbaryl (115)+TX, carbofuran (118)+TX, carbophenothion (947)+TX, CGA 50,439 (development code) (125)+TX, chinomethionat (126)+TX, chlorbenside (959)+TX, chlordimeform (964)+TX, chlordimeform hydrochloride (964)+TX, chlorfenapyr (130)+TX, chlorfenethol (968)+TX, chlorfenson (970)+TX, chlorfensulphide (971)+TX, chlorfenvinphos (131)+TX, chlorobenzilate (975)+TX, chloromebuform (977)+TX, chloromethiuron (978)+TX, chloropropylate (983)+TX, chlorpyrifos (145)+TX, chlorpyrifos-methyl (146)+TX, chlorthiophos (994)+TX, cinerin I (696)+TX, cinerin II (696)+TX, cinerins (696)+TX, clofentezine (158)+TX, closantel (alternative name) [CCN]+TX, coumaphos (174)+TX, crotamiton (alternative name) [CCN]+TX, crotoxyphos (1010)+TX, cufraneb (1013)+TX, cyanthoate (1020)+TX, cyflumetofen (CAS Reg. No.: 400882-07-7)+TX, cyhalothrin (196)+TX, cyhexatin (199)+TX, cypermethrin (201)+TX, DCPM (1032)+TX, DDT (219)+TX, demephion (1037)+TX, demephion-O (1037)+TX, demephion-S(1037)+TX, demeton (1038)+TX, demeton-methyl (224)+TX, demeton-O (1038)+TX, demeton-O-methyl (224)+TX, demeton-S (1038)+TX, demeton-S-methyl (224)+TX, demeton-S-methylsulphon (1039)+TX, diafenthiuron (226)+TX, dialifos (1042)+TX, diazinon (227)+TX, dichlofluanid (230)+TX, dichlorvos (236)+TX, dicliphos (alternative name)+TX, dicofol (242)+TX, dicrotophos (243)+TX, dienochlor (1071)+TX, dimefox (1081)+TX, dimethoate (262)+TX, dinactin (alternative name) (653)+TX, dinex (1089)+TX, dinex-diclexine (1089)+TX, dinobuton (269)+TX, dinocap (270)+TX, dinocap-4 [CCN]+TX, dinocap-6 [CCN]+TX, dinocton (1090)+TX, dinopenton (1092)+TX, dinosulfon (1097)+TX, dinoterbon (1098)+TX, dioxathion (1102)+TX, diphenyl sulfone (IUPAC name) (1103)+TX, disulfiram (alternative name) [CCN]+TX, disulfoton (278)+TX, DNOC (282)+TX, dofenapyn (1113)+TX, doramectin (alternative name) [CCN]+TX, endosulfan (294)+TX, endothion (1121)+TX, EPN (297)+TX, eprinomectin (alternative name) [CCN]+TX, ethion (309)+TX, ethoate-methyl (1134)+TX, etoxazole (320)+TX, etrimfos (1142)+TX, fenazaflor (1147)+TX, fenazaquin (328)+TX, fenbutatin oxide (330)+TX, fenothiocarb (337)+TX, fenpropathrin (342)+TX, fenpyrad (alternative name)+TX, fenpyroximate (345)+TX, fenson (1157)+TX, fentrifanil (1161)+TX, fenvalerate (349)+TX, fipronil (354)+TX, fluacrypyrim (360)+TX, fluazuron (1166)+TX, flubenzimine (1167)+TX, flucycloxuron (366)+TX, flucythrinate (367)+TX, fluenetil (1169)+TX, flufenoxuron (370)+TX, flumethrin (372)+TX, fluorbenside (1174)+TX, flupyradifurone+TX, fluvalinate (1184)+TX, FMC 1137 (development code) (1185)+TX, formetanate (405)+TX, formetanate hydrochloride (405)+TX, formothion (1192)+TX, formparanate (1193)+TX, gamma-HCH (430)+TX, glyodin (1205)+TX, halfenprox (424)+TX, heptenophos (432)+TX, hexadecyl cyclopropanecarboxylate (IUPAC/Chemical Abstracts name) (1216)+TX, hexythiazox (441)+TX, iodomethane (IUPAC name) (542)+TX, isocarbophos (alternative name) (473)+TX, isopropyl O-(methoxyaminothiophosphoryl)salicylate (IUPAC name) (473)+TX, ivermectin (alternative name) [CCN]+TX, jasmolin I (696)+TX, jasmolin II (696)+TX, jodfenphos (1248)+TX, lindane (430)+TX, lufenuron (490)+TX, malathion (492)+TX, malonoben (1254)+TX, mecarbam (502)+TX, mephosfolan (1261)+TX, mesulfen (alternative name) [CCN]+TX, methacrifos (1266)+TX, methamidophos (527)+TX, methidathion (529)+TX, methiocarb (530)+TX, methomyl (531)+TX, methyl bromide (537)+TX, metolcarb (550)+TX, mevinphos (556)+TX, mexacarbate (1290)+TX, milbemectin (557)+TX, milbemycin oxime (alternative name) [CCN]+TX, mipafox (1293)+TX, monocrotophos (561)+TX, morphothion (1300)+TX, moxidectin (alternative name) [CCN]+TX, naled (567)+TX, NC-184 (compound code)+TX, NC-512 (compound code)+TX, nifluridide (1309)+TX, nikkomycins (alternative name) [CCN]+TX, nitrilacarb (1313)+TX, nitrilacarb 1:1 zinc chloride complex (1313)+TX, NNI-0101 (compound code)+TX, NNI-0250 (compound code)+TX, omethoate (594)+TX, oxamyl (602)+TX, oxydeprofos (1324)+TX, oxydisulfoton (1325)+TX, pp′-DDT (219)+TX, parathion (615)+TX, permethrin (626)+TX, petroleum oils (alternative name) (628)+TX, phenkapton (1330)+TX, phenthoate (631)+TX, phorate (636)+TX, phosalone (637)+TX, phosfolan (1338)+TX, phosmet (638)+TX, phosphamidon (639)+TX, phoxim (642)+TX, pirimiphos-methyl (652)+TX, polychloroterpenes (traditional name) (1347)+TX, polynactins (alternative name) (653)+TX, proclonol (1350)+TX, profenofos (662)+TX, promacyl (1354)+TX, propargite (671)+TX, propetamphos (673)+TX, propoxur (678)+TX, prothidathion (1360)+TX, prothoate (1362)+TX, pyrethrin I (696)+TX, pyrethrin II (696)+TX, pyrethrins (696)+TX, pyridaben (699)+TX, pyridaphenthion (701)+TX, pyrimidifen (706)+TX, pyrimitate (1370)+TX, quinalphos (711)+TX, quintiofos (1381)+TX, R-1492 (development code) (1382)+TX, RA-17 (development code) (1383)+TX, rotenone (722)+TX, schradan (1389)+TX, sebufos (alternative name)+TX, selamectin (alternative name) [CCN]+TX, SI-0009 (compound code)+TX, sophamide (1402)+TX, spirodiclofen (738)+TX, spiromesifen (739)+TX, SSI-121 (development code) (1404)+TX, sulfiram (alternative name) [CCN]+TX, sulfluramid (750)+TX, sulfotep (753)+TX, sulphur (754)+TX, SZI-121 (development code) (757)+TX, tau-fluvalinate (398)+TX, tebufenpyrad (763)+TX, TEPP (1417)+TX, terbam (alternative name)+TX, tetrachlorvinphos (777)+TX, tetradifon (786)+TX, tetranactin (alternative name) (653)+TX, tetrasul (1425)+TX, thiafenox (alternative name)+TX, thiocarboxime (1431)+TX, thiofanox (800)+TX, thiometon (801)+TX, thioquinox (1436)+TX, thuringiensin (alternative name) [CCN]+TX, triamiphos (1441)+TX, triarathene (1443)+TX, triazophos (820)+TX, triazuron (alternative name)+TX, trichlorfon (824)+TX, trifenofos (1455)+TX, trinactin (alternative name) (653)+TX, vamidothion (847)+TX, vaniliprole [CCN] and YI-5302 (compound code)+TX,

an algicide selected from the group of substances consisting of bethoxazin [CCN]+TX, copper dioctanoate (IUPAC name) (170)+TX, copper sulfate (172)+TX, cybutryne [CCN]+TX, dichlone (1052)+TX, dichlorophen (232)+TX, endothal (295)+TX, fentin (347)+TX, hydrated lime [CCN]+TX, nabam (566)+TX, quinoclamine (714)+TX, quinonamid (1379)+TX, simazine (730)+TX, triphenyltin acetate (IUPAC name) (347) and triphenyltin hydroxide (IUPAC name) (347)+TX,

an anthelmintic selected from the group of substances consisting of abamectin (1)+TX, crufomate (1011)+TX, doramectin (alternative name) [CCN]+TX, emamectin (291)+TX, emamectin benzoate (291)+TX, eprinomectin (alternative name) [CCN]+TX, ivermectin (alternative name) [CCN]+TX, milbemycin oxime (alternative name) [CCN]+TX, moxidectin (alternative name) [CCN]+TX, piperazine [CCN]+TX, selamectin (alternative name) [CCN]+TX, spinosad (737) and thiophanate (1435)+TX,

an avicide selected from the group of substances consisting of chloralose (127)+TX, endrin (1122)+TX, fenthion (346)+TX, pyridin-4-amine (IUPAC name) (23) and strychnine (745)+TX,

a bactericide selected from the group of substances consisting of 1-hydroxy-1H-pyridine-2-thione (IUPAC name) (1222)+TX, 4-(quinoxalin-2-ylamino)benzenesulfonamide (IUPAC name) (748)+TX, 8-hydroxyquinoline sulfate (446)+TX, bronopol (97)+TX, copper dioctanoate (IUPAC name) (170)+TX, copper hydroxide (IUPAC name) (169)+TX, cresol [CCN]+TX, dichlorophen (232)+TX, dipyrithione (1105)+TX, dodicin (1112)+TX, fenaminosulf (1144)+TX, formaldehyde (404)+TX, hydrargaphen (alternative name) [CCN]+TX, kasugamycin (483)+TX, kasugamycin hydrochloride hydrate (483)+TX, nickel bis(dimethyldithiocarbamate) (IUPAC name) (1308)+TX, nitrapyrin (580)+TX, octhilinone (590)+TX, oxolinic acid (606)+TX, oxytetracycline (611)+TX, potassium hydroxyquinoline sulfate (446)+TX, probenazole (658)+TX, streptomycin (744)+TX, streptomycin sesquisulfate (744)+TX, tecloftalam (766)+TX, and thiomersal (alternative name) [CCN]+TX,

a biological agent selected from the group of substances consisting of Adoxophyes orana GV (alternative name) (12)+TX, Agrobacterium radiobacter (alternative name) (13)+TX, Amblyseius spp. (alternative name) (19)+TX, Anagrapha falcifera NPV (alternative name) (28)+TX, Anagrus atomus (alternative name) (29)+TX, Aphelinus abdominalis (alternative name) (33)+TX, Aphidius colemani (alternative name) (34)+TX, Aphidoletes aphidimyza (alternative name) (35)+TX, Autographa californica NPV (alternative name) (38)+TX, Bacillus firmus (alternative name) (48)+TX, Bacillus sphaericus Neide (scientific name) (49)+TX, Bacillus thuringiensis Berliner (scientific name) (51)+TX, Bacillus thuringiensis subsp. aizawai (scientific name) (51)+TX, Bacillus thuringiensis subsp. israelensis (scientific name) (51)+TX, Bacillus thuringiensis subsp. japonensis (scientific name) (51)+TX, Bacillus thuringiensis subsp. kurstaki (scientific name) (51)+TX, Bacillus thuringiensis subsp. tenebrionis (scientific name) (51)+TX, Beauveria bassiana (alternative name) (53)+TX, Beauveria brongniartii (alternative name) (54)+TX, Chrysoperla carnea (alternative name) (151)+TX, Cryptolaemus montrouzieri (alternative name) (178)+TX, Cydia pomonella GV (alternative name) (191)+TX, Dacnusa sibirica (alternative name) (212)+TX, Diglyphus isaea (alternative name) (254)+TX, Encarsia formosa (scientific name) (293)+TX, Eretmocerus eremicus (alternative name) (300)+TX, Helicoverpa zea NPV (alternative name) (431)+TX, Heterorhabditis bacteriophora and H. megidis (alternative name) (433)+TX, Hippodamia convergens (alternative name) (442)+TX, Leptomastix dactylopii (alternative name) (488)+TX, Macrolophus caliginosus (alternative name) (491)+TX, Mamestra brassicae NPV (alternative name) (494)+TX, Metaphycus helvolus (alternative name) (522)+TX, Metarhizium anisopliae var. acridum (scientific name) (523)+TX, Metarhizium anisopliae var. anisopliae (scientific name) (523)+TX, Neodiprion sertifer NPV and N. lecontei NPV (alternative name) (575)+TX, Orius spp. (alternative name) (596)+TX, Paecilomyces fumosoroseus (alternative name) (613)+TX, Pasteuria penetrans+TX, Pasteuria thornei+TX, Pasteuria nishizawae+TX, Pasteuria ramosa+TX, Phytoseiulus persimilis (alternative name) (644)+TX, Spodoptera exigua multicapsid nuclear polyhedrosis virus (scientific name) (741)+TX, Steinernema bibionis (alternative name) (742)+TX, Steinernema carpocapsae (alternative name) (742)+TX, Steinernema feltiae (alternative name) (742)+TX, Steinernema glaseri (alternative name) (742)+TX, Steinernema riobrave (alternative name) (742)+TX, Steinernema riobravis (alternative name) (742)+TX, Steinernema scapterisci (alternative name) (742)+TX, Steinernema spp. (alternative name) (742)+TX, Trichogramma spp. (alternative name) (826)+TX, Typhlodromus occidentalis (alternative name) (844) and Verticillium lecanii (alternative name) (848)+TX,

a soil sterilant selected from the group of substances consisting of iodomethane (IUPAC name) (542) and methyl bromide (537)+TX,

a chemosterilant selected from the group of substances consisting of apholate [CCN]+TX, bisazir (alternative name) [CCN]+TX, busulfan (alternative name) [CCN]+TX, diflubenzuron (250)+TX, dimatif (alternative name) [CCN]+TX, hemel [CCN]+TX, hempa [CCN]+TX, metepa [CCN]+TX, methiotepa [CCN]+TX, methyl apholate [CCN]+TX, morzid [CCN]+TX, penfluron (alternative name) [CCN]+TX, tepa [CCN]+TX, thiohempa (alternative name) [CCN]+TX, thiotepa (alternative name) [CCN]+TX, tretamine (alternative name) [CCN] and uredepa (alternative name) [CCN]+TX,

an insect pheromone selected from the group of substances consisting of (E)-dec-5-en-1-yl acetate with (E)-dec-5-en-1-ol (IUPAC name) (222)+TX, (E)-tridec-4-en-1-yl acetate (IUPAC name) (829)+TX, (E)-6-methylhept-2-en-4-ol (IUPAC name) (541)+TX, (E,Z)-tetradeca-4,10-dien-1-yl acetate (IUPAC name) (779)+TX, (Z)-dodec-7-en-1-yl acetate (IUPAC name) (285)+TX, (Z)-hexadec-11-enal (IUPAC name) (436)+TX, (Z)-hexadec-11-en-1-yl acetate (IUPAC name) (437)+TX, (Z)-hexadec-13-en-11-yn-1-yl acetate (IUPAC name) (438)+TX, (Z)-icos-13-en-10-one (IUPAC name) (448)+TX, (Z)-tetradec-7-en-1-al (IUPAC name) (782)+TX, (Z)-tetradec-9-en-1-ol (IUPAC name) (783)+TX, (Z)-tetradec-9-en-1-yl acetate (IUPAC name) (784)+TX, (7E,9Z)-dodeca-7,9-dien-1-yl acetate (IUPAC name) (283)+TX, (9Z,11E)-tetradeca-9,11-dien-1-yl acetate (IUPAC name) (780)+TX, (9Z,12E)-tetradeca-9,12-dien-1-yl acetate (IUPAC name) (781)+TX, 14-methyloctadec-1-ene (IUPAC name) (545)+TX, 4-methylnonan-5-ol with 4-methylnonan-5-one (IUPAC name) (544)+TX, alpha-multistriatin (alternative name) [CCN]+TX, brevicomin (alternative name) [CCN]+TX, codlelure (alternative name) [CCN]+TX, codlemone (alternative name) (167)+TX, cuelure (alternative name) (179)+TX, disparlure (277)+TX, dodec-8-en-1-yl acetate (IUPAC name) (286)+TX, dodec-9-en-1-yl acetate (IUPAC name) (287)+TX, dodeca-8+TX, 10-dien-1-yl acetate (IUPAC name) (284)+TX, dominicalure (alternative name) [CCN]+TX, ethyl 4-methyloctanoate (IUPAC name) (317)+TX, eugenol (alternative name) [CCN]+TX, frontalin (alternative name) [CCN]+TX, gossyplure (alternative name) (420)+TX, grandlure (421)+TX, grandlure I (alternative name) (421)+TX, grandlure II (alternative name) (421)+TX, grandlure III (alternative name) (421)+TX, grandlure IV (alternative name) (421)+TX, hexalure [CCN]+TX, ipsdienol (alternative name) [CCN]+TX, ipsenol (alternative name) [CCN]+TX, japonilure (alternative name) (481)+TX, lineatin (alternative name) [CCN]+TX, litlure (alternative name) [CCN]+TX, looplure (alternative name) [CCN]+TX, medlure [CCN]+TX, megatomoic acid (alternative name) [CCN]+TX, methyl eugenol (alternative name) (540)+TX, muscalure (563)+TX, octadeca-2,13-dien-1-yl acetate (IUPAC name) (588)+TX, octadeca-3,13-dien-1-yl acetate (IUPAC name) (589)+TX, orfralure (alternative name) [CCN]+TX, oryctalure (alternative name) (317)+TX, ostramone (alternative name) [CCN]+TX, siglure [CCN]+TX, sordidin (alternative name) (736)+TX, sulcatol (alternative name) [CCN]+TX, tetradec-11-en-1-yl acetate (IUPAC name) (785)+TX, trimedlure (839)+TX, trimedlure A (alternative name) (839)+TX, trimedlure B₁ (alternative name) (839)+TX, trimedlure B₂ (alternative name) (839)+TX, trimedlure C (alternative name) (839) and trunc-call (alternative name) [CCN]+TX,

an insect repellent selected from the group of substances consisting of 2-(octylthio)-ethanol (IUPAC name) (591)+TX, butopyronoxyl (933)+TX, butoxy(polypropylene glycol) (936)+TX, dibutyl adipate (IUPAC name) (1046)+TX, dibutyl phthalate (1047)+TX, dibutyl succinate (IUPAC name) (1048)+TX, diethyltoluamide [CCN]+TX, dimethyl carbate [CCN]+TX, dimethyl phthalate [CCN]+TX, ethyl hexanediol (1137)+TX, hexamide [CCN]+TX, methoquin-butyl (1276)+TX, methylneodecanamide [CCN]+TX, oxamate [CCN] and picaridin [CCN]+TX,

an insecticide selected from the group of substances consisting of 1-dichloro-1-nitroethane (IUPAC/Chemical Abstracts name) (1058)+TX, 1,1-dichloro-2,2-bis(4-ethylphenyl)ethane (IUPAC name) (1056), +TX, 1,2-dichloropropane (IUPAC/Chemical Abstracts name) (1062)+TX, 1,2-dichloropropane with 1,3-dichloropropene (IUPAC name) (1063)+TX, 1-bromo-2-chloroethane (IUPAC/Chemical Abstracts name) (916)+TX, 2,2,2-trichloro-1-(3,4-dichlorophenyl)ethyl acetate (IUPAC name) (1451)+TX, 2,2-dichlorovinyl 2-ethylsulphinylethyl methyl phosphate (IUPAC name) (1066)+TX, 2-(1,3-dithiolan-2-yl)phenyl dimethylcarbamate (IUPAC/Chemical Abstracts name) (1109)+TX, 2-(2-butoxyethoxyl)ethyl thiocyanate (IUPAC/Chemical Abstracts name) (935)+TX, 2-(4,5-dimethyl-1,3-dioxolan-2-yl)phenyl methylcarbamate (IUPAC/Chemical Abstracts name) (1084)+TX, 2-(4-chloro-3,5-xylyloxy)ethanol (IUPAC name) (986)+TX, 2-chlorovinyl diethyl phosphate (IUPAC name) (984)+TX, 2-imidazolidone (IUPAC name) (1225)+TX, 2-isovalerylindan-1,3-dione (IUPAC name) (1246)+TX, 2-methyl(prop-2-ynyl)aminophenyl methylcarbamate (IUPAC name) (1284)+TX, 2-thiocyanatoethyl laurate (IUPAC name) (1433)+TX, 3-bromo-1-chloroprop-1-ene (IUPAC name) (917)+TX, 3-methyl-1-phenylpyrazol-5-yl dimethylcarbamate (IUPAC name) (1283)+TX, 4-methyl(prop-2-ynyl)amino-3,5-xylyl methylcarbamate (IUPAC name) (1285)+TX, 5,5-dimethyl-3-oxocyclohex-1-enyl dimethylcarbamate (IUPAC name) (1085)+TX, abamectin (1)+TX, acephate (2)+TX, acetamiprid (4)+TX, acethion (alternative name) [CCN]+TX, acetoprole [CCN]+TX, acrinathrin (9)+TX, acrylonitrile (IUPAC name) (861)+TX, alanycarb (15)+TX, aldicarb (16)+TX, aldoxycarb (863)+TX, aldrin (864)+TX, allethrin (17)+TX, allosamidin (alternative name) [CCN]+TX, allyxycarb (866)+TX, alpha-cypermethrin (202)+TX, alpha-ecdysone (alternative name) [CCN]+TX, aluminium phosphide (640)+TX, amidithion (870)+TX, amidothioate (872)+TX, aminocarb (873)+TX, amiton (875)+TX, amiton hydrogen oxalate (875)+TX, amitraz (24)+TX, anabasine (877)+TX, athidathion (883)+TX, AVI 382 (compound code)+TX, AZ 60541 (compound code)+TX, azadirachtin (alternative name) (41)+TX, azamethiphos (42)+TX, azinphos-ethyl (44)+TX, azinphos-methyl (45)+TX, azothoate (889)+TX, Bacillus thuringiensis delta endotoxins (alternative name) (52)+TX, barium hexafluorosilicate (alternative name) [CCN]+TX, barium polysulfide (IUPAC/Chemical Abstracts name) (892)+TX, barthrin [CCN]+TX, Bayer 22/190 (development code) (893)+TX, Bayer 22408 (development code) (894)+TX, bendiocarb (58)+TX, benfuracarb (60)+TX, bensultap (66)+TX, beta-cyfluthrin (194)+TX, beta-cypermethrin (203)+TX, bifenthrin (76)+TX, bioallethrin (78)+TX, bioallethrin S-cyclopentenyl isomer (alternative name) (79)+TX, bioethanomethrin [CCN]+TX, biopermethrin (908)+TX, bioresmethrin (80)+TX, bis(2-chloroethyl) ether (IUPAC name) (909)+TX, bistrifluron (83)+TX, borax (86)+TX, brofenvalerate (alternative name)+TX, bromfenvinfos (914)+TX, bromocyclen (918)+TX, bromo-DDT (alternative name) [CCN]+TX, bromophos (920)+TX, bromophos-ethyl (921)+TX, bufencarb (924)+TX, buprofezin (99)+TX, butacarb (926)+TX, butathiofos (927)+TX, butocarboxim (103)+TX, butonate (932)+TX, butoxycarboxim (104)+TX, butylpyridaben (alternative name)+TX, cadusafos (109)+TX, calcium arsenate [CCN]+TX, calcium cyanide (444)+TX, calcium polysulfide (IUPAC name) (111)+TX, camphechlor (941)+TX, carbanolate (943)+TX, carbaryl (115)+TX, carbofuran (118)+TX, carbon disulfide (IUPAC/Chemical Abstracts name) (945)+TX, carbon tetrachloride (IUPAC name) (946)+TX, carbophenothion (947)+TX, carbosulfan (119)+TX, cartap (123)+TX, cartap hydrochloride (123)+TX, cevadine (alternative name) (725)+TX, chlorbicyclen (960)+TX, chlordane (128)+TX, chlordecone (963)+TX, chlordimeform (964)+TX, chlordimeform hydrochloride (964)+TX, chlorethoxyfos (129)+TX, chlorfenapyr (130)+TX, chlorfenvinphos (131)+TX, chlorfluazuron (132)+TX, chlormephos (136)+TX, chloroform [CCN]+TX, chloropicrin (141)+TX, chlorphoxim (989)+TX, chlorprazophos (990)+TX, chlorpyrifos (145)+TX, chlorpyrifos-methyl (146)+TX, chlorthiophos (994)+TX, chromafenozide (150)+TX, cinerin I (696)+TX, cinerin II (696)+TX, cinerins (696)+TX, cis-resmethrin (alternative name)+TX, cismethrin (80)+TX, clocythrin (alternative name)+TX, cloethocarb (999)+TX, closantel (alternative name) [CCN]+TX, clothianidin (165)+TX, copper acetoarsenite [CCN]+TX, copper arsenate [CCN]+TX, copper oleate [CCN]+TX, coumaphos (174)+TX, coumithoate (1006)+TX, crotamiton (alternative name) [CCN]+TX, crotoxyphos (1010)+TX, crufomate (1011)+TX, cryolite (alternative name) (177)+TX, CS 708 (development code) (1012)+TX, cyanofenphos (1019)+TX, cyanophos (184)+TX, cyanthoate (1020)+TX, cyclethrin [CCN]+TX, cycloprothrin (188)+TX, cyfluthrin (193)+TX, cyhalothrin (196)+TX, cypermethrin (201)+TX, cyphenothrin (206)+TX, cyromazine (209)+TX, cythioate (alternative name) [CCN]+TX, d-limonene (alternative name) [CCN]+TX, d-tetramethrin (alternative name) (788)+TX, DAEP (1031)+TX, dazomet (216)+TX, DDT (219)+TX, decarbofuran (1034)+TX, deltamethrin (223)+TX, demephion (1037)+TX, demephion-O (1037)+TX, demephion-S(1037)+TX, demeton (1038)+TX, demeton-methyl (224)+TX, demeton-O (1038)+TX, demeton-O-methyl (224)+TX, demeton-S(1038)+TX, demeton-S-methyl (224)+TX, demeton-S-methylsulphon (1039)+TX, diafenthiuron (226)+TX, dialifos (1042)+TX, diamidafos (1044)+TX, diazinon (227)+TX, dicapthon (1050)+TX, dichlofenthion (1051)+TX, dichlorvos (236)+TX, dicliphos (alternative name)+TX, dicresyl (alternative name) [CCN]+TX, dicrotophos (243)+TX, dicyclanil (244)+TX, dieldrin (1070)+TX, diethyl 5-methylpyrazol-3-yl phosphate (IUPAC name) (1076)+TX, diflubenzuron (250)+TX, dilor (alternative name) [CCN]+TX, dimefluthrin [CCN]+TX, dimefox (1081)+TX, dimetan (1085)+TX, dimethoate (262)+TX, dimethrin (1083)+TX, dimethylvinphos (265)+TX, dimetilan (1086)+TX, dinex (1089)+TX, dinex-diclexine (1089)+TX, dinoprop (1093)+TX, dinosam (1094)+TX, dinoseb (1095)+TX, dinotefuran (271)+TX, diofenolan (1099)+TX, dioxabenzofos (1100)+TX, dioxacarb (1101)+TX, dioxathion (1102)+TX, disulfoton (278)+TX, dithicrofos (1108)+TX, DNOC (282)+TX, doramectin (alternative name) [CCN]+TX, DSP (1115)+TX, ecdysterone (alternative name) [CCN]+TX, EI 1642 (development code) (1118)+TX, emamectin (291)+TX, emamectin benzoate (291)+TX, EMPC (1120)+TX, empenthrin (292)+TX, endosulfan (294)+TX, endothion (1121)+TX, endrin (1122)+TX, EPBP (1123)+TX, EPN (297)+TX, epofenonane (1124)+TX, eprinomectin (alternative name) [CCN]+TX, esfenvalerate (302)+TX, etaphos (alternative name) [CCN]+TX, ethiofencarb (308)+TX, ethion (309)+TX, ethiprole (310)+TX, ethoate-methyl (1134)+TX, ethoprophos (312)+TX, ethyl formate (IUPAC name) [CCN]+TX, ethyl-DDD (alternative name) (1056)+TX, ethylene dibromide (316)+TX, ethylene dichloride (chemical name) (1136)+TX, ethylene oxide [CCN]+TX, etofenprox (319)+TX, etrimfos (1142)+TX, EXD (1143)+TX, famphur (323)+TX, fenamiphos (326)+TX, fenazaflor (1147)+TX, fenchlorphos (1148)+TX, fenethacarb (1149)+TX, fenfluthrin (1150)+TX, fenitrothion (335)+TX, fenobucarb (336)+TX, fenoxacrim (1153)+TX, fenoxycarb (340)+TX, fenpirithrin (1155)+TX, fenpropathrin (342)+TX, fenpyrad (alternative name)+TX, fensulfothion (1158)+TX, fenthion (346)+TX, fenthion-ethyl [CCN]+TX, fenvalerate (349)+TX, fipronil (354)+TX, flonicamid (358)+TX, flubendiamide (CAS. Reg. No.: 272451-65-7)+TX, flucofuron (1168)+TX, flucycloxuron (366)+TX, flucythrinate (367)+TX, fluenetil (1169)+TX, flufenerim [CCN]+TX, flufenoxuron (370)+TX, flufenprox (1171)+TX, flumethrin (372)+TX, fluvalinate (1184)+TX, FMC 1137 (development code) (1185)+TX, fonofos (1191)+TX, formetanate (405)+TX, formetanate hydrochloride (405)+TX, formothion (1192)+TX, formparanate (1193)+TX, fosmethilan (1194)+TX, fospirate (1195)+TX, fosthiazate (408)+TX, fosthietan (1196)+TX, furathiocarb (412)+TX, furethrin (1200)+TX, gamma-cyhalothrin (197)+TX, gamma-HCH (430)+TX, guazatine (422)+TX, guazatine acetates (422)+TX, GY-81 (development code) (423)+TX, halfenprox (424)+TX, halofenozide (425)+TX, HCH (430)+TX, HEOD (1070)+TX, heptachlor (1211)+TX, heptenophos (432)+TX, heterophos [CCN]+TX, hexaflumuron (439)+TX, HHDN (864)+TX, hydramethylnon (443)+TX, hydrogen cyanide (444)+TX, hydroprene (445)+TX, hyquincarb (1223)+TX, imidacloprid (458)+TX, imiprothrin (460)+TX, indoxacarb (465)+TX, iodomethane (IUPAC name) (542)+TX, IPSP (1229)+TX, isazofos (1231)+TX, isobenzan (1232)+TX, isocarbophos (alternative name) (473)+TX, isodrin (1235)+TX, isofenphos (1236)+TX, isolane (1237)+TX, isoprocarb (472)+TX, isopropyl O-(methoxy-aminothiophosphoryl)salicylate (IUPAC name) (473)+TX, isoprothiolane (474)+TX, isothioate (1244)+TX, isoxathion (480)+TX, ivermectin (alternative name) [CCN]+TX, jasmolin I (696)+TX, jasmolin II (696)+TX, jodfenphos (1248)+TX, juvenile hormone I (alternative name) [CCN]+TX, juvenile hormone II (alternative name) [CCN]+TX, juvenile hormone III (alternative name) [CCN]+TX, kelevan (1249)+TX, kinoprene (484)+TX, lambda-cyhalothrin (198)+TX, lead arsenate [CCN]+TX, lepimectin (CCN)+TX, leptophos (1250)+TX, lindane (430)+TX, lirimfos (1251)+TX, lufenuron (490)+TX, lythidathion (1253)+TX, m-cumenyl methylcarbamate (IUPAC name) (1014)+TX, magnesium phosphide (IUPAC name) (640)+TX, malathion (492)+TX, malonoben (1254)+TX, mazidox (1255)+TX, mecarbam (502)+TX, mecarphon (1258)+TX, menazon (1260)+TX, mephosfolan (1261)+TX, mercurous chloride (513)+TX, mesulfenfos (1263)+TX, metaflumizone (CCN)+TX, metam (519)+TX, metam-potassium (alternative name) (519)+TX, metam-sodium (519)+TX, methacrifos (1266)+TX, methamidophos (527)+TX, methanesulphonyl fluoride (IUPAC/Chemical Abstracts name) (1268)+TX, methidathion (529)+TX, methiocarb (530)+TX, methocrotophos (1273)+TX, methomyl (531)+TX, methoprene (532)+TX, methoquin-butyl (1276)+TX, methothrin (alternative name) (533)+TX, methoxychlor (534)+TX, methoxyfenozide (535)+TX, methyl bromide (537)+TX, methyl isothiocyanate (543)+TX, methylchloroform (alternative name) [CCN]+TX, methylene chloride [CCN]+TX, metofluthrin [CCN]+TX, metolcarb (550)+TX, metoxadiazone (1288)+TX, mevinphos (556)+TX, mexacarbate (1290)+TX, milbemectin (557)+TX, milbemycin oxime (alternative name) [CCN]+TX, mipafox (1293)+TX, mirex (1294)+TX, monocrotophos (561)+TX, morphothion (1300)+TX, moxidectin (alternative name) [CCN]+TX, naftalofos (alternative name) [CCN]+TX, naled (567)+TX, naphthalene (IUPAC/Chemical Abstracts name) (1303)+TX, NC-170 (development code) (1306)+TX, NC-184 (compound code)+TX, nicotine (578)+TX, nicotine sulfate (578)+TX, nifluridide (1309)+TX, nitenpyram (579)+TX, nithiazine (1311)+TX, nitrilacarb (1313)+TX, nitrilacarb 1:1 zinc chloride complex (1313)+TX, NNI-0101 (compound code)+TX, NNI-0250 (compound code)+TX, nornicotine (traditional name) (1319)+TX, novaluron (585)+TX, noviflumuron (586)+TX, O-5-dichloro-4-iodophenyl O-ethyl ethylphosphonothioate (IUPAC name) (1057)+TX, O,O-diethyl O-4-methyl-2-oxo-2H-chromen-7-yl phosphorothioate (IUPAC name) (1074)+TX, O,O-diethyl O-6-methyl-2-propylpyrimidin-4-yl phosphorothioate (IUPAC name) (1075)+TX, O,O,O′,O′-tetrapropyl dithiopyrophosphate (IUPAC name) (1424)+TX, oleic acid (IUPAC name) (593)+TX, omethoate (594)+TX, oxamyl (602)+TX, oxydemeton-methyl (609)+TX, oxydeprofos (1324)+TX, oxydisulfoton (1325)+TX, pp′-DDT (219)+TX, para-dichlorobenzene [CCN]+TX, parathion (615)+TX, parathion-methyl (616)+TX, penfluron (alternative name) [CCN]+TX, pentachlorophenol (623)+TX, pentachlorophenyl laurate (IUPAC name) (623)+TX, permethrin (626)+TX, petroleum oils (alternative name) (628)+TX, PH 60-38 (development code) (1328)+TX, phenkapton (1330)+TX, phenothrin (630)+TX, phenthoate (631)+TX, phorate (636)+TX, phosalone (637)+TX, phosfolan (1338)+TX, phosmet (638)+TX, phosnichlor (1339)+TX, phosphamidon (639)+TX, phosphine (IUPAC name) (640)+TX, phoxim (642)+TX, phoxim-methyl (1340)+TX, pirimetaphos (1344)+TX, pirimicarb (651)+TX, pirimiphos-ethyl (1345)+TX, pirimiphos-methyl (652)+TX, polychlorodicyclopentadiene isomers (IUPAC name) (1346)+TX, polychloroterpenes (traditional name) (1347)+TX, potassium arsenite [CCN]+TX, potassium thiocyanate [CCN]+TX, prallethrin (655)+TX, precocene I (alternative name) [CCN]+TX, precocene II (alternative name) [CCN]+TX, precocene III (alternative name) [CCN]+TX, primidophos (1349)+TX, profenofos (662)+TX, profluthrin [CCN]+TX, promacyl (1354)+TX, promecarb (1355)+TX, propaphos (1356)+TX, propetamphos (673)+TX, propoxur (678)+TX, prothidathion (1360)+TX, prothiofos (686)+TX, prothoate (1362)+TX, protrifenbute [CCN]+TX, pymetrozine (688)+TX, pyraclofos (689)+TX, pyrazophos (693)+TX, pyresmethrin (1367)+TX, pyrethrin I (696)+TX, pyrethrin II (696)+TX, pyrethrins (696)+TX, pyridaben (699)+TX, pyridalyl (700)+TX, pyridaphenthion (701)+TX, pyrimidifen (706)+TX, pyrimitate (1370)+TX, pyriproxyfen (708)+TX, quassia (alternative name) [CCN]+TX, quinalphos (711)+TX, quinalphos-methyl (1376)+TX, quinothion (1380)+TX, quintiofos (1381)+TX, R-1492 (development code) (1382)+TX, rafoxanide (alternative name) [CCN]+TX, resmethrin (719)+TX, rotenone (722)+TX, RU 15525 (development code) (723)+TX, RU 25475 (development code) (1386)+TX, ryania (alternative name) (1387)+TX, ryanodine (traditional name) (1387)+TX, sabadilla (alternative name) (725)+TX, schradan (1389)+TX, sebufos (alternative name)+TX, selamectin (alternative name) [CCN]+TX, SI-0009 (compound code)+TX, SI-0205 (compound code)+TX, SI-0404 (compound code)+TX, SI-0405 (compound code)+TX, silafluofen (728)+TX, SN 72129 (development code) (1397)+TX, sodium arsenite [CCN]+TX, sodium cyanide (444)+TX, sodium fluoride (IUPAC/Chemical Abstracts name) (1399)+TX, sodium hexafluorosilicate (1400)+TX, sodium pentachlorophenoxide (623)+TX, sodium selenate (IUPAC name) (1401)+TX, sodium thiocyanate [CCN]+TX, sophamide (1402)+TX, spinosad (737)+TX, spiromesifen (739)+TX, spirotetrmat (CCN)+TX, sulcofuron (746)+TX, sulcofuron-sodium (746)+TX, sulfluramid (750)+TX, sulfotep (753)+TX, sulphuryl fluoride (756)+TX, sulprofos (1408)+TX, tar oils (alternative name) (758)+TX, tau-fluvalinate (398)+TX, tazimcarb (1412)+TX, TDE (1414)+TX, tebufenozide (762)+TX, tebufenpyrad (763)+TX, tebupirimfos (764)+TX, teflubenzuron (768)+TX, tefluthrin (769)+TX, temephos (770)+TX, TEPP (1417)+TX, terallethrin (1418)+TX, terbam (alternative name)+TX, terbufos (773)+TX, tetrachloroethane [CCN]+TX, tetrachlorvinphos (777)+TX, tetramethrin (787)+TX, theta-cypermethrin (204)+TX, thiacloprid (791)+TX, thiafenox (alternative name)+TX, thiamethoxam (792)+TX, thicrofos (1428)+TX, thiocarboxime (1431)+TX, thiocyclam (798)+TX, thiocyclam hydrogen oxalate (798)+TX, thiodicarb (799)+TX, thiofanox (800)+TX, thiometon (801)+TX, thionazin (1434)+TX, thiosultap (803)+TX, thiosultap-sodium (803)+TX, thuringiensin (alternative name) [CCN]+TX, tolfenpyrad (809)+TX, tralomethrin (812)+TX, transfluthrin (813)+TX, transpermethrin (1440)+TX, triamiphos (1441)+TX, triazamate (818)+TX, triazophos (820)+TX, triazuron (alternative name)+TX, trichlorfon (824)+TX, trichlormetaphos-3 (alternative name) [CCN]+TX, trichloronat (1452)+TX, trifenofos (1455)+TX, triflumuron (835)+TX, trimethacarb (840)+TX, triprene (1459)+TX, vamidothion (847)+TX, vaniliprole [CCN]+TX, veratridine (alternative name) (725)+TX, veratrine (alternative name) (725)+TX, XMC (853)+TX, xylylcarb (854)+TX, YI-5302 (compound code)+TX, zeta-cypermethrin (205)+TX, zetamethrin (alternative name)+TX, zinc phosphide (640)+TX, zolaprofos (1469) and ZXI 8901 (development code) (858)+TX, cyantraniliprole[736994-63-19]+TX, chlorantraniliprole[500008-45-7]+TX, cyenopyrafen [560121-52-0]+TX, cyflumetofen[400882-07-7]+TX, pyrifluquinazon[337458-27-2]+TX, spinetoram [187166-40-1+187166-15-0]+TX, spirotetramat [203313-25-1]+TX, sulfoxaflor [946578-00-3]+TX, flufiprole[704886-18-0]+TX, meperfluthrin [915288-13-0]+TX, tetramethylfluthrin [84937-88-2]+TX,

a molluscicide selected from the group of substances consisting of bis(tributyltin) oxide (IUPAC name) (913)+TX, bromoacetamide [CCN]+TX, calcium arsenate [CCN]+TX, cloethocarb (999)+TX, copper acetoarsenite [CCN]+TX, copper sulfate (172)+TX, fentin (347)+TX, ferric phosphate (IUPAC name) (352)+TX, metaldehyde (518)+TX, methiocarb (530)+TX, niclosamide (576)+TX, niclosamide-olamine (576)+TX, pentachlorophenol (623)+TX, sodium pentachlorophenoxide (623)+TX, tazimcarb (1412)+TX, thiodicarb (799)+TX, tributyltin oxide (913)+TX, trifenmorph (1454)+TX, trimethacarb (840)+TX, triphenyltin acetate (IUPAC name) (347) and triphenyltin hydroxide (IUPAC name) (347)+TX, pyriprole[394730-71-3]+TX,

a nematicide selected from the group of substances consisting of AKD-3088 (compound code)+TX, 1,2-dibromo-3-chloropropane (IUPAC/Chemical Abstracts name) (1045)+TX, 1,2-dichloropropane (IUPAC/Chemical Abstracts name) (1062)+TX, 1,2-dichloropropane with 1,3-dichloropropene (IUPAC name) (1063)+TX, 1,3-dichloropropene (233)+TX, 3,4-dichlorotetrahydrothiophene 1,1-dioxide (IUPAC/Chemical Abstracts name) (1065)+TX, 3-(4-chlorophenyl)-5-methylrhodanine (IUPAC name) (980)+TX, 5-methyl-6-thioxo-1,3,5-thiadiazinan-3-ylacetic acid (IUPAC name) (1286)+TX, 6-isopentenylaminopurine (alternative name) (210)+TX, abamectin (1)+TX, acetoprole [CCN]+TX, alanycarb (15)+TX, aldicarb (16)+TX, aldoxycarb (863)+TX, AZ 60541 (compound code)+TX, benclothiaz [CCN]+TX, benomyl (62)+TX, butylpyridaben (alternative name)+TX, cadusafos (109)+TX, carbofuran (118)+TX, carbon disulfide (945)+TX, carbosulfan (119)+TX, chloropicrin (141)+TX, chlorpyrifos (145)+TX, cloethocarb (999)+TX, cytokinins (alternative name) (210)+TX, dazomet (216)+TX, DBCP (1045)+TX, DCIP (218)+TX, diamidafos (1044)+TX, dichlofenthion (1051)+TX, dicliphos (alternative name)+TX, dimethoate (262)+TX, doramectin (alternative name) [CCN]+TX, emamectin (291)+TX, emamectin benzoate (291)+TX, eprinomectin (alternative name) [CCN]+TX, ethoprophos (312)+TX, ethylene dibromide (316)+TX, fenamiphos (326)+TX, fenpyrad (alternative name)+TX, fensulfothion (1158)+TX, fosthiazate (408)+TX, fosthietan (1196)+TX, furfural (alternative name) [CCN]+TX, GY-81 (development code) (423)+TX, heterophos [CCN]+TX, iodomethane (IUPAC name) (542)+TX, isamidofos (1230)+TX, isazofos (1231)+TX, ivermectin (alternative name) [CCN]+TX, kinetin (alternative name) (210)+TX, mecarphon (1258)+TX, metam (519)+TX, metam-potassium (alternative name) (519)+TX, metam-sodium (519)+TX, methyl bromide (537)+TX, methyl isothiocyanate (543)+TX, milbemycin oxime (alternative name) [CCN]+TX, moxidectin (alternative name) [CCN]+TX, Myrothecium verrucaria composition (alternative name) (565)+TX, NC-184 (compound code)+TX, oxamyl (602)+TX, phorate (636)+TX, phosphamidon (639)+TX, phosphocarb [CCN]+TX, sebufos (alternative name)+TX, selamectin (alternative name) [CCN]+TX, spinosad (737)+TX, terbam (alternative name)+TX, terbufos (773)+TX, tetrachlorothiophene (IUPAC/Chemical Abstracts name) (1422)+TX, thiafenox (alternative name)+TX, thionazin (1434)+TX, triazophos (820)+TX, triazuron (alternative name)+TX, xylenols [CCN]+TX, YI-5302 (compound code) and zeatin (alternative name) (210)+TX, fluensulfone[318290-98-1]+TX,

a nitrification inhibitor selected from the group of substances consisting of potassium ethylxanthate [CCN] and nitrapyrin (580)+TX,

a plant activator selected from the group of substances consisting of acibenzolar (6)+TX, acibenzolar-S-methyl (6)+TX, probenazole (658) and Reynoutria sachalinensis extract (alternative name) (720)+TX,

a rodenticide selected from the group of substances consisting of 2-isovalerylindan-1,3-dione (IUPAC name) (1246)+TX, 4-(quinoxalin-2-ylamino)benzenesulfonamide (IUPAC name) (748)+TX, alpha-chlorohydrin [CCN]+TX, aluminium phosphide (640)+TX, antu (880)+TX, arsenous oxide (882)+TX, barium carbonate (891)+TX, bisthiosemi (912)+TX, brodifacoum (89)+TX, bromadiolone (91)+TX, bromethalin (92)+TX, calcium cyanide (444)+TX, chloralose (127)+TX, chlorophacinone (140)+TX, cholecalciferol (alternative name) (850)+TX, coumachlor (1004)+TX, coumafuryl (1005)+TX, coumatetralyl (175)+TX, crimidine (1009)+TX, difenacoum (246)+TX, difethialone (249)+TX, diphacinone (273)+TX, ergocalciferol (301)+TX, flocoumafen (357)+TX, fluoroacetamide (379)+TX, flupropadine (1183)+TX, flupropadine hydrochloride (1183)+TX, gamma-HCH (430)+TX, HCH (430)+TX, hydrogen cyanide (444)+TX, iodomethane (IUPAC name) (542)+TX, lindane (430)+TX, magnesium phosphide (IUPAC name) (640)+TX, methyl bromide (537)+TX, norbormide (1318)+TX, phosacetim (1336)+TX, phosphine (IUPAC name) (640)+TX, phosphorus [CCN]+TX, pindone (1341)+TX, potassium arsenite [CCN]+TX, pyrinuron (1371)+TX, scilliroside (1390)+TX, sodium arsenite [CCN]+TX, sodium cyanide (444)+TX, sodium fluoroacetate (735)+TX, strychnine (745)+TX, thallium sulfate [CCN]+TX, warfarin (851) and zinc phosphide (640)+TX,

a synergist selected from the group of substances consisting of 2-(2-butoxyethoxy)-ethyl piperonylate (IUPAC name) (934)+TX, 5-(1,3-benzodioxol-5-yl)-3-hexylcyclohex-2-enone (IUPAC name) (903)+TX, farnesol with nerolidol (alternative name) (324)+TX, MB-599 (development code) (498)+TX, MGK 264 (development code) (296)+TX, piperonyl butoxide (649)+TX, piprotal (1343)+TX, propyl isomer (1358)+TX, S421 (development code) (724)+TX, sesamex (1393)+TX, sesasmolin (1394) and sulfoxide (1406)+TX,

an animal repellent selected from the group of substances consisting of anthraquinone (32)+TX, chloralose (127)+TX, copper naphthenate [CCN]+TX, copper oxychloride (171)+TX, diazinon (227)+TX, dicyclopentadiene (chemical name) (1069)+TX, guazatine (422)+TX, guazatine acetates (422)+TX, methiocarb (530)+TX, pyridin-4-amine (IUPAC name) (23)+TX, thiram (804)+TX, trimethacarb (840)+TX, zinc naphthenate [CCN] and ziram (856)+TX,

a virucide selected from the group of substances consisting of imanin (alternative name) [CCN] and ribavirin (alternative name) [CCN]+TX,

a wound protectant selected from the group of substances consisting of mercuric oxide (512)+TX, octhilinone (590) and thiophanate-methyl (802)+TX,

and biologically active compounds selected from the group consisting of azaconazole (60207-31-0]+TX, bitertanol[70585-36-3]+TX, bromuconazole[116255-48-2]+TX, cyproconazole[94361-06-5]+TX, difenoconazole[119446-68-3]+TX, diniconazole[83657-24-3]+TX, epoxiconazole[106325-08-0]+TX, fenbuconazole[114369-43-6]+TX, fluquinconazole[136426-54-5]+TX, flusilazole[85509-19-9]+TX, flutriafol[76674-21-0]+TX, hexaconazole[79983-71-4]+TX, imazalil [35554-44-0]+TX, imibenconazole[86598-92-7]+TX, ipconazole[125225-28-7]+TX, metconazole[125116-23-6]+TX, myclobutanil [88671-89-0]+TX, pefurazoate[101903-30-4]+TX, penconazole[66246-88-6]+TX, prothioconazole[178928-70-6]+TX, pyrifenox[88283-41-4]+TX, prochloraz [67747-09-5]+TX, propiconazole[60207-90-1]+TX, simeconazole[149508-90-7]+TX, tebuconazole [107534-96-3]+TX, tetraconazole[112281-77-3]+TX, triadimefon[43121-43-3]+TX, triadimenol[55219-65-3]+TX, triflumizole[99387-89-0]+TX, triticonazole[131983-72-7]+TX, ancymidol[12771-68-5]+TX, fenarimol[60168-88-9]+TX, nuarimol[63284-71-9]+TX, bupirimate[41483-43-6]+TX, dimethirimol[5221-53-4]+TX, ethirimol[23947-60-6]+TX, dodemorph [1593-77-7]+TX, fenpropidine[67306-00-7]+TX, fenpropimorph [67564-91-4]+TX, spiroxamine[118134-30-8]+TX, tridemorph [81412-43-3]+TX, cyprodinil [121552-61-2]+TX, mepanipyrim [110235-47-7]+TX, pyrimethanil [53112-28-0]+TX, fenpiclonil [74738-17-3]+TX, fludioxonil [131341-86-1]+TX, benalaxyl[71626-11-4]+TX, furalaxyl[57646-30-7]+TX, metalaxyl[57837-19-1]+TX, R-metalaxyl[70630-17-0]+TX, ofurace [58810-48-3]+TX, oxadixyl[77732-09-3]+TX, benomyl[17804-35-2]+TX, carbendazim [10605-21-7]+TX, debacarb[62732-91-6]+TX, fuberidazole[3878-19-1]+TX, thiabendazole[148-79-8]+TX, chlozolinate[84332-86-5]+TX, dichlozoline[24201-58-9]+TX, iprodione[36734-19-7]+TX, myclozoline[54864-61-8]+TX, procymidone[32809-16-8]+TX, vinclozoline[50471-44-8]+TX, boscalid [188425-85-6]+TX, carboxin[5234-68-4]+TX, fenfuram [24691-80-3]+TX, flutolanil [66332-96-5]+TX, mepronil [55814-41-0]+TX, oxycarboxin[5259-88-1]+TX, penthiopyrad [183675-82-3]+TX, thifluzamide[130000-40-7]+TX, guazatine[108173-90-6]+TX, dodine[2439-10-3][112-65-2] (free base)+TX, iminoctadine[13516-27-3]+TX, azoxystrobin [131860-33-8]+TX, dimoxystrobin [149961-52-4]+TX, enestroburin {Proc. BCPC, Int. Congr., Glasgow, 2003, 1, 93}+TX, fluoxastrobin [361377-29-9]+TX, kresoxim-methyl[143390-89-0]+TX, metominostrobin [133408-50-1]+TX, trifloxystrobin [141517-21-7]+TX, orysastrobin [248593-16-0]+TX, picoxystrobin [117428-22-5]+TX, pyraclostrobin [175013-18-0]+TX, ferbam [14484-64-1]+TX, mancozeb [8018-01-7]+TX, maneb [12427-38-2]+TX, metiram [9006-42-2]+TX, propineb [12071-83-9]+TX, thiram [137-26-8]+TX, zineb [12122-67-7]+TX, ziram [137-30-4]+TX, captafol[2425-06-1]+TX, captan[133-06-2]+TX, dichlofluanid [1085-98-9]+TX, fluoroimide[41205-21-4]+TX, folpet [133-07-3]+TX, tolylfluanid [731-27-1]+TX, bordeaux mixture [8011-63-0]+TX, copperhydroxid [20427-59-2]+TX, copperoxychlorid [1332-40-7]+TX, coppersulfat [7758-98-7]+TX, copperoxid [1317-39-1]+TX, mancopper[53988-93-5]+TX, oxine-copper[10380-28-6]+TX, dinocap [131-72-6]+TX, nitrothal-isopropyl[10552-74-6]+TX, edifenphos [17109-49-8]+TX, iprobenphos [26087-47-8]+TX, isoprothiolane[50512-35-1]+TX, phosdiphen[36519-00-3]+TX, pyrazophos [13457-18-6]+TX, tolclofos-methyl[57018-04-9]+TX, acibenzolar-S-methyl[135158-54-2]+TX, anilazine[101-05-3]+TX, benthiavalicarb[413615-35-7]+TX, blasticidin-S [2079-00-7]+TX, chinomethionat [2439-01-2]+TX, chloroneb [2675-77-6]+TX, chlorothalonil [1897-45-6]+TX, cyflufenamid[180409-60-3]+TX, cymoxanil [57966-95-7]+TX, dichlone[117-80-6]+TX, diclocymet [139920-32-4]+TX, diclomezine[62865-36-5]+TX, dicloran[99-30-9]+TX, diethofencarb[87130-20-9]+TX, dimethomorph [110488-70-5]+TX, SYP-L190 (Flumorph) [211867-47-9]+TX, dithianon[3347-22-6]+TX, ethaboxam [162650-77-3]+TX, etridiazole[2593-15-9]+TX, famoxadone[131807-57-3]+TX, fenamidone[161326-34-7]+TX, fenoxanil [115852-48-7]+TX, fentin [668-34-8]+TX, ferimzone[89269-64-7]+TX, fluazinam [79622-59-6]+TX, fluopicolide[239110-15-7]+TX, flusulfamide[106917-52-6]+TX, fenhexamid[126833-17-8]+TX, fosetyl-aluminium[39148-24-8]+TX, hymexazol[10004-44-1]+TX, iprovalicarb[140923-17-7]+TX, IKF-916 (Cyazofamid) [120116-88-3]+TX, kasugamycin [6980-18-3]+TX, methasulfocarb[66952-49-6]+TX, metrafenone[220899-03-6]+TX, pencycuron[66063-05-6]+TX, phthalide [27355-22-2]+TX, polyoxins [11113-80-7]+TX, probenazole[27605-76-1]+TX, propamocarb[25606-41-1]+TX, proquinazid[189278-12-4]+TX, pyroquilon[57369-32-1]+TX, quinoxyfen[124495-18-7]+TX, quintozene[82-68-8]+TX, sulphur [7704-34-9]+TX, tiadinil [223580-51-6]+TX, triazoxide[72459-58-6]+TX, tricyclazole[41814-78-2]+TX, triforine[26644-46-2]+TX, validamycin [37248-47-8]+TX, zoxamide (RH7281) [156052-68-5]+TX, mandipropamid[374726-62-2]+TX, isopyrazam [881685-58-1]+TX, sedaxane [874967-67-6]+TX, 3-difluoromethyl-1-methyl-1H-pyrazole-4-carboxylic acid (9-dichloromethylene-1,2,3,4-tetrahydro-1,4-methano-naphthalen-5-yl)-amide (dislosed in WO 2007/048556)+TX, 3-difluoromethyl-1-methyl-1H-pyrazole-4-carboxylic acid [2-(2,4-dichlorophenyl)-2-methoxy-1-methyl-ethyl]-amide (disclosed in WO 2008/148570)+TX, 1-[4-[4-[(5S)5-(2,6-difluorophenyl)-4,5-dihydro-1,2-oxazol-3-yl]-1,3-thiazol-2-yl]piperidin-1-yl]-2-[5-methyl-3-(trifluoromethyl)-1H-pyrazol-1-yl]ethanone+TX, 1-[4-[4-[5-(2,6-difluorophenyl)-4,5-dihydro-1,2-oxazol-3-yl]-1,3-thiazol-2-yl]piperidin-1-yl]-2-[5-methyl-3-(trifluoromethyl)-1H-pyrazol-1-yl]ethanone[1003318-67-9], both disclosed in WO 2010/123791, WO 2008/013925, WO 2008/013622 and WO 2011/051243 page 20)+TX, and 3-difluoromethyl-1-methyl-1H-pyrazole-4-carboxylic acid (3′,4′,5′-trifluoro-biphenyl-2-yl)-amide (disclosed in WO 2006/087343)+TX.

The references in square brackets behind the active ingredients, e.g. [3878-19-1] refer to the Chemical Abstracts Registry number. The above described mixing partners are known. Where the active ingredients are included in “The Pesticide Manual” [The Pesticide Manual—A World Compendium; Thirteenth Edition; Editor: C. D. S. Tomlin; The British Crop Protection Council], they are described therein under the entry number given in round brackets hereinabove for the particular compound; for example, the compound “abamectin” is described under entry number (1). Where “[CCN]” is added hereinabove to the particular compound, the compound in question is included in the “Compendium of Pesticide Common Names”, which is accessible on the internet [A. Wood; Compendium of Pesticide Common Names, Copyright© 1995-2004]; for example, the compound “acetoprole” is described under the internet address: http://www.alanwood.net/pesticides/acetoprole.html.

Most of the active ingredients described above are referred to hereinabove by a so-called “common name”, the relevant “ISO common name” or another “common name” being used in individual cases. If the designation is not a “common name”, the nature of the designation used instead is given in round brackets for the particular compound; in that case, the IUPAC name, the IUPAC/Chemical Abstracts name, a “chemical name”, a “traditional name”, a “compound name” or a “develoment code” is used or, if neither one of those designations nor a “common name” is used, an “alternative name” is employed. “CAS Reg. No” means the Chemical Abstracts Registry Number.

The mass ratio of of any two ingredients in each combination is selected as to give the desired, for example, synergistic action. In general, the mass ratio would vary depending on the specific ingredient and how many ingredients are present in the combination. Generally, the mass ratio between any two ingredients in any combination of the present invention, independently of one another, is from 100:1 to 1:100, including from 99:1, 98:2, 97:3, 96:4, 95:5, 94:6, 93:7, 92:8, 91:9, 90:10, 89:11, 88:12, 87:13, 86:14, 85:15, 84:16, 83:17, 82:18, 81:19, 80:20, 79:21, 78:22, 77:23, 76:24, 75:25, 74:26, 73:27, 72:28, 71:29, 70:30, 69:31, 68:32, 67:33, 66:34, 65:45, 64:46, 63:47, 62:48, 61:49, 60:40, 59:41, 58:42, 57:43, 56:44, 55:45, 54:46, 53:47, 52:48, 51:49, 50:50, 49:51, 48:52, 47:53, 46:54, 45:55, 44:56, 43:57, 42:58, 41:59, 40:60, 39:61, 38:62, 37:63, 36:64, 35:65, 34:66, 33:67, 32:68, 31:69, 30:70, 29:71, 28:72, 27:73, 26:74, 25:75, 24:76, 23:77, 22:78, 21:79, 20:80, 19:81, 18:82, 17:83, 16:84, 15:85, 14:86, 13:87, 12:88, 11:89, 10:90, 9:91, 8:92, 7:93, 6:94, 5:95, 4:96, 3:97, 2:98, to 1:99. Preferred mass ratios between any two components of present invention are from 75:1 to 1:75, more preferably, 50:1 to 1.50, especially 25:1 to 1:25, advantageously 10:1 to 1:10, such as 5:1 to 1:5, for example 1:3 to 3:1. The mixing ratios are understood to include, on the one hand, ratios by mass and also, on other hand, molar ratios.

Examples of application methods for the compounds of the invention amd compositions thereof, that is the methods of controlling pests/fungi in the agriculture, are spraying, atomizing, dusting, brushing on, dressing, scattering or pouring—which are to be selected to suit the intended aims of the prevailing circumstances.

A preferred method of application in agriculture is application to the foliage of the plants (foliar application), it being possible to select frequency and rate of application to match the danger of infestation with the pest/fungi in question. Alternatively, the active ingredient can reach the plants via the root system (systemic action), by applying the compound to the locus of the plants, for example by application of a liquid composition of the compound into the soil (by drenching), or by applying a solid form of the compound in the form of granules to the soil (soil application). In the case of paddy rice plants, such granules can be metered into the flooded paddy-field.

Typical rates of application per hectare is generally 1 to 2000 g of active ingredient per hectare, in particular 10 to 1000 g/ha, preferably 10 to 600 g/ha, such as 50 to 300 g/ha.

The compounds of the invention and compositions thereof are also suitable for the protection of plant propagation material, for example seeds, such as fruit, tubers or kernels, or nursery plants, against pests of the abovementioned type. The propagation material can be treated with the compound prior to planting, for example seed can be treated prior to sowing. Alternatively, the compound can be applied to seed kernels (coating), either by soaking the kernels in a liquid composition or by applying a layer of a solid composition. It is also possible to apply the compositions when the propagation material is planted to the site of application, for example into the seed furrow during drilling. These treatment methods for plant propagation material and the plant propagation material thus treated are further subjects of the invention. Typical treatment rates would depend on the plant and pest/fungi to be controlled and are generally between 1 to 200 grams per 100 kg of seeds, preferably between 5 to 150 grams per 100 kg of seeds, such as between 10 to 100 grams per 100 kg of seeds.

The term seed embraces seeds and plant propagules of all kinds including but not limited to true seeds, seed pieces, suckers, corns, bulbs, fruit, tubers, grains, rhizomes, cuttings, cut shoots and the like and means in a preferred embodiment true seeds.

The present invention also comprises seeds coated or treated with or containing a compound of formula I. The term “coated or treated with and/or containing” generally signifies that the active ingredient is for the most part on the surface of the seed at the time of application, although a greater or lesser part of the ingredient may penetrate into the seed material, depending on the method of application. When the said seed product is (re)planted, it may absorb the active ingredient. In an embodiment, the present invention makes available a plant propagation material adhered thereto with a compound of formula (I). Further, it is hereby made available, a composition comprising a plant propagation material treated with a compound of formula (I).

Seed treatment comprises all suitable seed treatment techniques known in the art, such as seed dressing, seed coating, seed dusting, seed soaking and seed pelleting. The seed treatment application of the compound formula I can be carried out by any known methods, such as spraying or by dusting the seeds before sowing or during the sowing/planting of the seeds.

Suitable target plants are, in particular, cereals, such as wheat, barley, rye, oats, rice, maize or sorghum; beet, such as sugar or fodder beet; fruit, for example pomaceous fruit, stone fruit or soft fruit, such as apples, pears, plums, peaches, almonds, cherries or berries, for example strawberries, raspberries or blackberries; leguminous plants, such as beans, lentils, peas or soya; oil plants, such as oilseed rape, mustard, poppies, olives, sunflowers, coconut, castor, cocoa or ground nuts; cucurbits, such as pumpkins, cucumbers or melons; fibre plants, such as cotton, flax, hemp or jute; citrus fruit, such as oranges, lemons, grapefruit or tangerines; vegetables, such as spinach, lettuce, asparagus, cabbages, carrots, onions, tomatoes, potatoes or bell peppers; Lauraceae, such as avocado, Cinnamonium or camphor; and also tobacco, nuts, coffee, eggplants, sugarcane, tea, pepper, grapevines, hops, the plantain family, latex plants and ornamentals (such as flowers, amd lawn grass or turf).

In an embodiment, the plant is selected from cereals, corn, soybean, rice, sugarcane, vegetables and oil plants.

The term “plant” is to be understood as including also plants which have been so transformed by the use of recombinant DNA techniques that they are capable of synthesising one or more selectively acting toxins, such as are known, for example, from toxin-producing bacteria, especially those of the genus Bacillus.

Toxins that can be expressed by such transgenic plants include, for example, insecticidal proteins from Bacillus cereus or Bacillus popilliae; or insecticidal proteins from Bacillus thuringiensis, such as δ-endotoxins, e.g. Cry1Ab, Cry1Ac, Cry1F, Cry1Fa2, Cry2Ab, Cry3A, Cry3Bb1 or Cry9C, or vegetative insecticidal proteins (Vip), e.g. Viol, Vip2, Vip3 or Vip3A; or insecticidal proteins of bacteria colonising nematodes, for example Photorhabdus spp. or Xenorhabdus spp., such as Photorhabdus luminescens, Xenorhabdus nematophilus; toxins produced by animals, such as scorpion toxins, arachnid toxins, wasp toxins and other insect-specific neurotoxins; toxins produced by fungi, such as Streptomycetes toxins, plant lectins, such as pea lectins, barley lectins or snowdrop lectins; agglutinins; proteinase inhibitors, such as trypsin inhibitors, serine protease inhibitors, patatin, cystatin, papain inhibitors; ribosome-inactivating proteins (RIP), such as ricin, maize-RIP, abrin, luffin, saporin or bryodin; steroid metabolism enzymes, such as 3-hydroxysteroidoxidase, ecdysteroid-UDP-glycosyl-transferase, cholesterol oxidases, ecdysone inhibitors, HMG-COA-reductase, ion channel blockers, such as blockers of sodium or calcium channels, juvenile hormone esterase, diuretic hormone receptors, stilbene synthase, bibenzyl synthase, chitinases and glucanases.

In the context of the present invention there are to be understood by δ-endotoxins, for example Cry1Ab, Cry1Ac, Cry1F, Cry1 Fa2, Cry2Ab, Cry3A, Cry3Bb1 or Cry9C, or vegetative insecticidal proteins (Vip), for example Vip1, Vip2, Vip3 or Vip3A, expressly also hybrid toxins, truncated toxins and modified toxins. Hybrid toxins are produced recombinantly by a new combination of different domains of those proteins (see, for example, WO 02/15701). Truncated toxins, for example a truncated Cry1Ab, are known. In the case of modified toxins, one or more amino acids of the naturally occurring toxin are replaced. In such amino acid replacements, preferably non-naturally present protease recognition sequences are inserted into the toxin, such as, for example, in the case of Cry3A055, a cathepsin-G-recognition sequence is inserted into a Cry3A toxin (see WO 03/018810).

Examples of such toxins or transgenic plants capable of synthesising such toxins are disclosed, for example, in EP-A-0 374 753, WO 93/07278, WO 95/34656, EP-A-0 427 529, EP-A-451 878 and WO 03/052073.

The processes for the preparation of such transgenic plants are generally known to the person skilled in the art and are described, for example, in the publications mentioned above. CryI-type deoxyribonucleic acids and their preparation are known, for example, from WO 95/34656, EP-A-0 367 474, EP-A-0 401 979 and WO 90/13651.

The toxin contained in the transgenic plants imparts to the plants tolerance to harmful insects. Such insects can occur in any taxonomic group of insects, but are especially commonly found in the beetles (Coleoptera), two-winged insects (Diptera) and butterflies (Lepidoptera).

Transgenic plants containing one or more genes that code for an insecticidal resistance and express one or more toxins are known and some of them are commercially available. Examples of such plants are: YieldGard® (maize variety that expresses a Cry1Ab toxin); YieldGard Rootworm® (maize variety that expresses a Cry3Bb1 toxin); YieldGard Plus® (maize variety that expresses a Cry1Ab and a Cry3Bb1 toxin); Starlink® (maize variety that expresses a Cry9C toxin); Herculex I® (maize variety that expresses a Cry1 Fa2 toxin and the enzyme phosphinothricine N-acetyltransferase (PAT) to achieve tolerance to the herbicide glufosinate ammonium); NuCOTN 33B® (cotton variety that expresses a Cry1Ac toxin); Bollgard I® (cotton variety that expresses a Cry1Ac toxin); Bollgard II® (cotton variety that expresses a Cry1Ac and a Cry2Ab toxin); VipCot® (cotton variety that expresses a Vip3A and a Cry1Ab toxin); NewLeaf® (potato variety that expresses a Cry3A toxin); NatureGard®, Agrisure® GT Advantage (GA21 glyphosate-tolerant trait), Agrisure® CB Advantage (Bt11 corn borer (CB) trait) and Protecta®.

Further examples of such transgenic plants are:

1. Bt11 Maize from Syngenta Seeds SAS, Chemin de l'Hobit 27, F-31 790 St. Sauveur, France, registration number C/FR/96/05/10. Genetically modified Zea mays which has been rendered resistant to attack by the European corn borer (Ostrinia nubilalis and Sesamia nonagrioides) by transgenic expression of a truncated Cry1Ab toxin. Bt11 maize also transgenically expresses the enzyme PAT to achieve tolerance to the herbicide glufosinate ammonium. 2. Bt176 Maize from Syngenta Seeds SAS, Chemin de l'Hobit 27, F-31 790 St. Sauveur, France, registration number C/FR/96/05/10. Genetically modified Zea mays which has been rendered resistant to attack by the European corn borer (Ostrinia nubilalis and Sesamia nonagrioides) by transgenic expression of a Cry1Ab toxin. Bt176 maize also transgenically expresses the enzyme PAT to achieve tolerance to the herbicide glufosinate ammonium. 3. MIR604 Maize from Syngenta Seeds SAS, Chemin de l'Hobit 27, F-31 790 St. Sauveur, France, registration number C/FR/96/05/10. Maize which has been rendered insect-resistant by transgenic expression of a modified Cry3A toxin. This toxin is Cry3A055 modified by insertion of a cathepsin-G-protease recognition sequence. The preparation of such transgenic maize plants is described in WO 03/018810. 4. MON 863 Maize from Monsanto Europe S.A. 270-272 Avenue de Tervuren, B-1150 Brussels, Belgium, registration number C/DE/02/9. MON 863 expresses a Cry3Bb1 toxin and has resistance to certain Coleoptera insects. 5. IPC 531 Cotton from Monsanto Europe S.A. 270-272 Avenue de Tervuren, B-1150 Brussels, Belgium, registration number C/ES/96/02. 6. 1507 Maize from Pioneer Overseas Corporation, Avenue Tedesco, 7 B-1160 Brussels, Belgium, registration number C/NL/00/10. Genetically modified maize for the expression of the protein Cry1F for achieving resistance to certain Lepidoptera insects and of the PAT protein for achieving tolerance to the herbicide glufosinate ammonium. 7. NK603×MON 810 Maize from Monsanto Europe S.A. 270-272 Avenue de Tervuren, B-1150 Brussels, Belgium, registration number C/GB/02/M3/03. Consists of conventionally bred hybrid maize varieties by crossing the genetically modified varieties NK603 and MON 810. NK603×MON 810 Maize transgenically expresses the protein CP4 EPSPS, obtained from Agrobacterium sp. strain CP4, which imparts tolerance to the herbicide Roundup® (contains glyphosate), and also a Cry1Ab toxin obtained from Bacillus thuringiensis subsp. kurstaki which brings about tolerance to certain Lepidoptera, include the European corn borer.

Generally, a compound of the present invention is used in the form of a composition (e.g. formulation) containing a carrier. A compound of the invention and compositions thereof can be used in various forms such as aerosol dispenser, capsule suspension, cold fogging concentrate, dustable powder, emulsifiable concentrate, emulsion oil in water, emulsion water in oil, encapsulated granule, fine granule, flowable concentrate for seed treatment, gas (under pressure), gas generating product, granule, hot fogging concentrate, macrogranule, microgranule, oil dispersible powder, oil miscible flowable concentrate, oil miscible liquid, paste, plant rodlet, powder for dry seed treatment, seed coated with a pesticide, soluble concentrate, soluble powder, solution for seed treatment, suspension concentrate (flowable concentrate), ultra low volume (ulv) liquid, ultra low volume (ulv) suspension, water dispersible granules or tablets, water dispersible powder for slurry treatment, water soluble granules or tablets, water soluble powder for seed treatment and wettable powder.

A formulation typically comprises a liquid or solid carrier and optionally one or more customary formulaton auxiliaries, which may be solid or liquid auxiliaries, for example unepoxidized or epoxidized vegetable oils (for example epoxidized coconut oil, rapeseed oil or soya oil), antifoams, for example silicone oil, preservatives, clays, inorganic compounds, viscosity regulators, surfactant, binders and/or tackifiers. The composition may also further comprise a fertilizer, a micronutrient donor or other preparations which influence the growth of plants as well as comprising a combination containing the compound of the invention with one or more other biologically active agents, such as bactericides, fungicides, nematocides, plant activators, acaricides, and insecticides.

Accordingly, the present invention also makes available a composition comprising a compound of the invention and an agronomicaly carrier and optionally one or more customary formulation auxiliaries.

The compositions are prepared in a manner known per se, in the absence of auxiliaries for example by grinding, screening and/or compressing a solid compound of the present invention and in the presence of at least one auxiliary for example by intimately mixing and/or grinding the compound of the present invention with the auxiliary (auxiliaries). In the case of solid compounds of the invention, the grinding/milling of the compounds is to ensure specific particle size. These processes for the preparation of the compositions and the use of the compounds of the invention for the preparation of these compositions are also a subject of the invention.

Examples of compositions for use in agriculture are emulsifiable concentrates, suspension concentrates, microemulsions, oil dispersibles, directly sprayable or dilutable solutions, spreadable pastes, dilute emulsions, soluble powders, dispersible powders, wettable powders, dusts, granules or encapsulations in polymeric substances, which comprise—at least—a compound according to the invention and the type of composition is to be selected to suit the intended aims and the prevailing circumstances.

Examples of suitable liquid carriers are unhydrogenated or partially hydrogenated aromatic hydrocarbons, preferably the fractions C₈ to C₁₂ of alkylbenzenes, such as xylene mixtures, alkylated naphthalenes or tetrahydronaphthalene, aliphatic or cycloaliphatic hydrocarbons, such as paraffins or cyclohexane, alcohols such as ethanol, propanol or butanol, glycols and their ethers and esters such as propylene glycol, dipropylene glycol ether, ethylene glycol or ethylene glycol monomethyl ether or ethylene glycol monoethyl ether, ketones, such as cyclohexanone, isophorone or diacetone alcohol, strongly polar solvents, such as N-methylpyrrolid-2-one, dimethyl sulfoxide or N,N-dimethylformamide, water, unepoxidized or epoxidized vegetable oils, such as unexpodized or epoxidized rapeseed, castor, coconut or soya oil, and silicone oils.

Examples of solid carriers which are used for example for dusts and dispersible powders are, as a rule, ground natural minerals such as calcite, talc, kaolin, montmorillonite or attapulgite. To improve the physical properties, it is also possible to add highly disperse silicas or highly disperse absorbtive polymers. Suitable particulate adsorptive carriers for granules are porous types, such as pumice, brick grit, sepiolite or bentonite, and suitable non-sorptive carrier materials are calcite or sand. In addition, a large number of granulated materials of inorganic or organic nature can be used, in particular dolomite or comminuted plant residues.

Suitable surface-active compounds are, depending on the type of the active ingredient to be formulated, non-ionic, cationic and/or anionic surfactants or surfactant mixtures which have good emulsifying, dispersing and wetting properties. The surfactants mentioned below are only to be considered as examples; a large number of further surfactants which are conventionally used in the art of formulation and suitable according to the invention are described in the relevant literature.

Suitable non-ionic surfactants are, especially, polyglycol ether derivatives of aliphatic or cycloaliphatic alcohols, of saturated or unsaturated fatty acids or of alkyl phenols which may contain approximately 3 to approximately 30 glycol ether groups and approximately 8 to approximately 20 carbon atoms in the (cyclo)aliphatic hydrocarbon radical or approximately 6 to approximately 18 carbon atoms in the alkyl moiety of the alkyl phenols. Also suitable are water-soluble polyethylene oxide adducts with polypropylene glycol, ethylenediaminopo-lypropylene glycol or alkyl polypropylene glycol having 1 to approximately 10 carbon atoms in the alkyl chain and approximately 20 to approximately 250 ethylene glycol ether groups and approximately 10 to approximately 100 propylene glycol ether groups. Normally, the abovementioned compounds contain 1 to approximately 5 ethylene glycol units per propylene glycol unit. Examples which may be mentioned are nonylphenoxypolyethoxyethanol, castor oil polyglycol ether, polypropylene glycol/polyethylene oxide adducts, tributylphenoxypolyethoxyethanol, polyethylene glycol or octylphenoxypolyethoxyethanol. Also suitable are fatty acid esters of polyoxyethylene sorbitan, such as polyoxyethylene sorbitan trioleate.

The cationic surfactants are, especially, quarternary ammonium salts which generally have at least one alkyl radical of approximately 8 to approximately 22 C atoms as substituents and as further substituents (unhalogenated or halogenated) lower alkyl or hydroxyalkyl or benzyl radicals. The salts are preferably in the form of halides, methylsulfates or ethylsulfates. Examples are stearyltrimethylammonium chloride and benzylbis(2-chloroethyl)ethylammonium bromide.

Examples of suitable anionic surfactants are water-soluble soaps or water-soluble synthetic surface-active compounds. Examples of suitable soaps are the alkali, alkaline earth or (unsubstituted or substituted) ammonium salts of fatty acids having approximately 10 to approximately 22 C atoms, such as the sodium or potassium salts of oleic or stearic acid, or of natural fatty acid mixtures which are obtainable for example from coconut or tall oil; mention must also be made of the fatty acid methyl taurates. However, synthetic surfactants are used more frequently, in particular fatty sulfonates, fatty sulfates, sulfonated benzimidazole derivatives or alkylaryl sulfonates. As a rule, the fatty sulfonates and fatty sulfates are present as alkali, alkaline earth or (substituted or unsubstituted) ammonium salts and they generally have an alkyl radical of approximately 8 to approximately 22 C atoms, alkyl also to be understood as including the alkyl moiety of acyl radicals; examples which may be mentioned are the sodium or calcium salts of lignosulfonic acid, of the dodecylsulphuric ester or of a fatty alcohol sulfate mixture prepared from natural fatty acids. This group also includes the salts of the sulphuric esters and sulfonic acids of fatty alcohol/ethylene oxide adducts. The sulfonated benzimidazole derivatives preferably contain 2 sulphonyl groups and a fatty acid radical of approximately 8 to approximately 22 C atoms. Examples of alkylarylsulfonates are the sodium, calcium or triethanolammonium salts of decylbenzenesulfonic acid, of dibutylnaphthalenesulfonic acid or of a naphthalenesulfonic acid/formaldehyde condensate. Also possible are, furthermore, suitable phosphates, such as salts of the phosphoric ester of a p-nonylphenol/(4-14)ethylene oxide adduct, or phospholipids.

As a rule, the compositions comprise 0.1 to 99%, especially 0.1 to 95%, of compound according to the present invention and 1 to 99.9%, especially 5 to 99.9%, of at least one solid or liquid carrier, it being possible as a rule for 0 to 25%, especially 0.1 to 20%, of the composition to be surfactants (% in each case meaning percent by weight). Whereas concentrated compositions tend to be preferred for commercial goods, the end consumer as a rule uses dilute compositions which have substantially lower concentrations of active ingredient. Preferred compositions are composed in particular as follows (%=percent by weight):

Emulsifiable Concentrates:

-   active ingredient: 1 to 95%, preferably 5 to 20% -   surfactant: 1 to 30%, preferably 10 to 20% -   solvent: 5 to 98%, preferably 70 to 85%

Dusts:

-   active ingredient: 0.1 to 10%, preferably 0.1 to 1% -   solid carrier: 99.9 to 90%, preferably 99.9 to 99%

Suspension Concentrates and Flowable Concentrates:

-   active ingredient: 5 to 75%, preferably 10 to 50% -   water: 94 to 24%, preferably 88 to 30% -   surfactant: 1 to 40%, preferably 2 to 30%     Wettable powders: -   active ingredient: 0.5 to 90%, preferably 1 to 80% -   surfactant: 0.5 to 20%, preferably 1 to 15% -   solid carrier: 5 to 99%, preferably 15 to 98%

Granulates:

-   active ingredient: 0.5 to 30%, preferably 3 to 15% -   solid carrier: 99.5 to 70%, preferably 97 to 85%

Formulation Examples %=Percent by Weight

Example F1: Emulsion concentrates a) b) c) Active ingredient 25% 40% 50% Calcium dodecylbenzenesulfonate  5%  8%  6% Castor oil polyethylene glycol ether (36 mol of EO)  5% — — Tributylphenoxypolyethylene glycol ether (30 mol of EO) — 12%  4% Cyclohexanone — 15% 20% Xylene mixture 65% 25% 20% Emulsions of any desired concentration can be prepared from such concentrates by dilution with water.

Example F2: Solutions a) b) c) d) Active ingredient 80% 10% 5% 95% Ethylene glycol monomethyl 20% — — — ether Polyethylene glycol — 70% — — MW 400 N-Methylpyrrolid-2-one — 20% — — Epoxidized coconut oil — — 1%  5% Petroleum ether — — 94%  — (boiling range: 160-190°) The solutions are suitable for use in the form of microdrops.

Example F3: Granules a) b) c) d) Active ingredient 5% 10%  8% 21% Kaolin 94%  — 79% 54% Highly disperse silica 1% — 13%  7% Attapulgite — 90% — 18% The active ingredient is dissolved in dichloromethane, the solution is sprayed onto the carrier(s), and the solvent is subsequently evaporated in vacuo.

Example F4: Dusts a) b) Active ingredient 2% 5% Highly disperse silica 1% 5% Talc 97%  — Kaolin — 90%  Ready-to-use dusts are obtained by intimately mixing the carriers and the active ingredient.

Example F5: Wettable powders a) b) c) Active ingredient 25%  50% 75% Sodium lignosulfonate 5%  5% — Sodium lauryl sulfate 3% —  5% Sodium diisobutyl- —  6% 10% naphthalenesulfonate Octylphenoxypolyethylene glycol —  2% — ether (7-8 mol of EO) Highly disperse silica 5% 10% 10% Kaolin 62%  27% —

The active ingredient is mixed with the additives and the mixture is ground thoroughly in a suitable mill. This gives wettable powders, which can be diluted with water to give suspensions of any desired concentration.

Example F6: Extruder granules Active ingredient 10% Sodium lignosulfonate  2% Carboxymethylcellulose  1% Kaolin 87% The active ingredient is mixed with the additives, and the mixture is ground, moistened with water, extruded, granulated and dried in a stream of air.

Example F7: Coated granules Active ingredient 3% Polyethylene glycol (MW 200) 3% Kaolin 94%  In a mixer, the finely ground active ingredient is applied uniformLy to the kaolin, which has been moistened with the polyethylene glycol. This gives dust-free coated granules.

Example F8: Suspension concentrate Active ingredient 40% Ethylene glycol 10% Nonylphenoxypolyethylene glycol ether (15 mol of EO)  6% Sodium lignosulfonate 10% Carboxymethylcellulose  1% 37% aqueous formaldehyde solution 0.2%  Silicone oil (75% aqueous emulsion) 0.8%  Water 32% The finely ground active ingredient is mixed intimately with the additives. Suspensions of any desired concentration can be prepared from the thus resulting suspension concentrate by dilution with water.

Example F9: Powders for dry seed treatment a) b) c) active ingredient 25% 50% 75% light mineral oil  5%  5%  5% highly dispersed silicic acid  5%  5% — Kaolin 65% 40% — Talcum — — 20% The combination is thoroughly mixed with the adjuvants and the mixture is thoroughly ground in a suitable mill, affording powders that can be used directly for seed treatment.

Example F10: Emulsifiable concentrate active ingredient 10% octylphenol polyethylene glycol ether  3% (4-5 mol of ethylene oxide) calcium dodecylbenzenesulfonate  3% castor oil polyglycol ether (35 mol of ethylene oxide)  4% Cyclohexanone 30% xylene mixture 50% Emulsions of any required dilution, which can be used in plant protection, can be obtained from this concentrate by dilution with water.

Example F11: Flowable concentrate for seed treatment active ingredients 40%  propylene glycol 5% copolymer butanol PO/EO 2% Tristyrenephenole with 10-20 moles EO 2% 1,2-benzisothiazolin-3-one 0.5%  (in the form of a 20% solution in water) monoazo-pigment calcium salt 5% Silicone oil (in the form of a 75% emulsion in water) 0.2%  Water 45.3%   The finely ground combination is intimately mixed with the adjuvants, giving a suspension concentrate from which suspensions of any desired dilution can be obtained by dilution with water. Using such dilutions, living plants as well as plant propagation material can be treated and protected against infestation by microorganisms, by spraying, pouring or immersion.

Examples of foliar formulation types for pre-mix compositions are:

-   -   GR: Granules     -   WP: wettable powders     -   WG: water dispersable granules (powders)     -   SG: water soluble granules     -   SL: soluble concentrates     -   EC: emulsifiable concentrate     -   EW: emulsions, oil in water     -   ME: micro-emulsion     -   SC: aqueous suspension concentrate     -   CS: aqueous capsule suspension     -   OD: oil-based suspension concentrate, and     -   SE: aqueous suspo-emulsion.

Whereas, examples of seed treatment formulation types for pre-mix compositions are:

-   -   WS: wettable powders for seed treatment slurry     -   LS: solution for seed treatment     -   ES: emulsions for seed treatment     -   FS: suspension concentrate for seed treatment     -   WG: water dispersible granules, and     -   CS: aqueous capsule suspension.

Examples of formulation types suitable for tank-mix compositions are solutions, dilute emulsions, suspensions, or a mixture thereof, and dusts.

As with the nature of the formulations, the methods of application, such as foliar, drench, spraying, atomizing, dusting, scattering, coating or pouring, are chosen in accordance with the intended objectives and the prevailing circumstances.

The tank-mix compositions are generally prepared by diluting with a solvent (for example, water) the one or more pre-mix compositions containing different pesticides, and optionally further auxiliaries.

Suitable carriers and adjuvants can be solid or liquid and are the substances ordinarily employed in formulation technology, e.g. natural or regenerated mineral substances, solvents, dispersants, wetting agents, tackifiers, thickeners, binders or fertilizers.

Generally, a tank-mix formulation for foliar or soil application comprises 0.1 to 20%, especially 0.1 to 15%, of the desired ingredients, and 99.9 to 80%, especially 99.9 to 85%, of a solid or liquid auxiliaries (including, for example, a solvent such as water), where the auxiliaries can be a surfactant in an amount of 0 to 20%, especially 0.1 to 15%, based on the tank-mix formulation.

Typically, a pre-mix formulation for foliar application comprises 0.1 to 99.9%, especially 1 to 95%, of the desired ingredients, and 99.9 to 0.1%, especially 99 to 5%, of a solid or liquid adjuvant (including, for example, a solvent such as water), where the auxiliaries can be a surfactant in an amount of 0 to 50%, especially 0.5 to 40%, based on the pre-mix formulation.

Normally, a tank-mix formulation for seed treatment application comprises 0.25 to 80%, especially 1 to 75%, of the desired ingredients, and 99.75 to 20%, especially 99 to 25%, of a solid or liquid auxiliaries (including, for example, a solvent such as water), where the auxiliaries can be a surfactant in an amount of 0 to 40%, especially 0.5 to 30%, based on the tank-mix formulation.

Typically, a pre-mix formulation for seed treatment application comprises 0.5 to 99.9%, especially 1 to 95%, of the desired ingredients, and 99.5 to 0.1%, especially 99 to 5%, of a solid or liquid adjuvant (including, for example, a solvent such as water), where the auxiliaries can be a surfactant in an amount of 0 to 50%, especially 0.5 to 40%, based on the pre-mix formulation.

Whereas commercial products will preferably be formulated as concentrates (e.g., pre-mix composition (formulation)), the end user will normally employ dilute formulations (e.g., tank mix composition).

Preferred seed treatment pre-mix formulations are aqueous suspension concentrates. The formulation can be applied to the seeds using conventional treating techniques and machines, such as fluidized bed techniques, the roller mill method, rotostatic seed treaters, and drum coaters. Other methods, such as spouted beds may also be useful. The seeds may be presized before coating. After coating, the seeds are typically dried and then transferred to a sizing machine for sizing. Such procedures are known in the art.

In general, the pre-mix compositions of the invention contain 0.5 to 99.9 especially 1 to 95, advantageously 1 to 50, %, by mass of the desired ingredients, and 99.5 to 0.1, especially 99 to 5, %, by mass of a solid or liquid adjuvant (including, for example, a solvent such as water), where the auxiliaries (or adjuvant) can be a surfactant in an amount of 0 to 50, especially 0.5 to 40, %, by mass based on the mass of the pre-mix formulation.

A compound of the formula (I) is in a preferred embodiment, independent of any other embodiments, is in the form of a plant propagation material treating (or protecting) composition, wherein said plant propagation material protecting composition comprises additionally a colouring agent. The plant propagation material protecting composition or mixture may also comprise at least one polymer from water-soluble and water-dispersible film-forming polymers that improve the adherence of the active ingredients to the treated plant propagation material, which polymer generally has an average molecular weight of at least 10,000 to about 100,000.

The combinations of the present invention (i.e. those comprising a compound of the present invention and one or more other biological active agents) may be applied simulatenously or sequentially.

In the event, the ingredients of a combination are applied sequentially (i.e., one after the other), the ingredients are applied sequentially within a reasonable period of each other to attain the biological performance, such as within a few hours or days. The order of applying the ingredients in the combination, i.e., whether the compounds of formula (I) should be applied first or not is not essential for working the present invention.

In the event ingredients of the combinations are applied simultaneously in the present invention, they may be applied as a composition containing the combination, in which case (A) the compound of formula (I) and the one or more other ingredients in the combinations can be obtained from separate formulation sources and mixed together (known as a tank-mix, ready-to-apply, spray broth, or slurry), or (B) the compound of formula (I) and the one or more other ingredients can be obtained as single formulation mixture source (known as a pre-mix, ready-mix, concentrate, or formulated product).

In an embodiment, independent of other embodiments, a compound according to the present invention is applied as a combination. Accordingly, the present invention also provides a composition comprising a compound according the invention as herein described and one or more other biological active agents, and optionally one or more customary formulation auxiliaries; which may be in the form of a tank-mix or pre-mix composition.

Alternative to the actual synergistic action with respect to biological activity, the combinations according to the invention also can have surprising advantageous properties which can also be described, in a wider sense, as synergistic activity. Examples of such advantageous properties that may be mentioned are: advantageous behaviour during formulation and/or upon application, for example upon grinding, sieving, emulsifying, dissolving or dispensing; increased storage stability; improved stability to light; more advantageous degradability; improved toxicological and/or ecotoxicological behaviour; or any other advantages familiar to a person skilled in the art.

The compounds of the present invention for use in agriculture is preferably as a nematicide.

The compounds of the present invention may also find application in other fields, such as one or more of protection of stored goods and store rooms, the protection of raw materials (such as wood and textiles), floor coverings and buildings, and in hygiene management—especially the protection of humans, domestic animals and productive livestock against pests. The invention therefore also makes available pesticidal compositions for such uses and the methods therefor. The composition would need to be modified for use in a particular use, and a skilled person would be able to make available such compositions for any particular use.

In the hygiene sector, the compositions according to the invention are active against ectoparasites such as hard ticks, soft ticks, mange mites, harvest mites, flies (biting and licking), parasitic fly larvae, lice, hair lice, bird lice and fleas.

Examples of such parasites are:

-   -   Of the order Anoplurida: Haematopinus spp., Linognathus spp.,         Pediculus spp. and Phtirus spp., Solenopotes spp.     -   Of the order Mallophagida: Trimenopon spp., Menopon spp.,         Trinoton spp., Bovicola spp., Werneckiella spp., Lepikentron         spp., Damalina spp., Trichodectes spp. and Felicola spp.     -   Of the order Diptera and the suborders Nematocerina and         Brachycerina, for example Aedes spp., Anopheles spp., Culex         spp., Simulium spp., Eusimulium spp., Phlebotomus spp.,         Lutzomyia spp., Culicoides spp., Chrysops spp., Hybomitra spp.,         Atylotus spp., Tabanus spp., Haematopota spp., Philipomyia spp.,         Braula spp., Musca spp., Hydrotaea spp., Stomoxys spp.,         Haematobia spp., Morellia spp., Fannia spp., Glossina spp.,         Calliphora spp., Lucilia spp., Chrysomyia spp., Wohlfahrtia         spp., Sarcophaga spp., Oestrus spp., Hypoderma spp.,         Gasterophilus spp., Hippobosca spp., Lipoptena spp. and         Melophagus spp.     -   Of the order Siphonapterida, for example Pulex spp.,         Ctenocephalides spp., Xenopsylla spp., Ceratophyllus spp.     -   Of the order Heteropterida, for example Cimex spp., Triatoma         spp., Rhodnius spp., Panstrongylus spp.     -   Of the order Blattarida, for example Blatta orientalis,         Periplaneta americana, Blattelagermanica and Supella spp.     -   Of the subclass Acaria (Acarida) and the orders Meta- and         Meso-stigmata, for example Argas spp., Ornithodorus spp.,         Otobius spp., Ixodes spp., Amblyomma spp., Boophilus spp.,         Dermacentor spp., Haemophysalis spp., Hyalomma spp.,         Rhipicephalus spp., Dermanyssus spp., Raillietia spp.,         Pneumonyssus spp., Sternostoma spp. and Varroa spp.     -   Of the orders Actinedida (Prostigmata) and Acaridida         (Astigmata), for example Acarapis spp., Cheyletiella spp.,         Ornithocheyletia spp., Myobia spp., Psorergatesspp., Demodex         spp., Trombicula spp., Listrophorus spp., Acarus spp.,         Tyrophagus spp., Caloglyphus spp., Hypodectes spp., Pterolichus         spp., Psoroptes spp., Chorioptes spp., Otodectes spp., Sarcoptes         spp., Notoedres spp., Knemidocoptes spp., Cytodites spp. and         Laminosioptes spp.

The compositions according to the invention are also suitable for protecting against insect infestation in the case of materials such as wood, textiles, plastics, adhesives, glues, paints, paper and card, leather, floor coverings and buildings. The compositions according to the invention can be used, for example, against the following pests: beetles such as Hylotrupes bajulus, Chlorophorus pilosis, Anobium punctatum, Xestobium rufovillosum, Ptilinuspecticornis, Dendrobium pertinex, Ernobius mollis, Priobium carpini, Lyctus brunneus, Lyctus africanus, Lyctus planicollis, Lyctus linearis, Lyctus pubescens, Trogoxylon aequale, Minthesrugicollis, Xyleborus spec., Tryptodendron spec., Apate monachus, Bostrychus capucins, Heterobostrychus brunneus, Sinoxylon spec. and Dinoderus minutus, and also hymenopterans such as Sirex juvencus, Urocerus gigas, Urocerus gigas taignus and Urocerus augur, and termites such as Kalotermes flavicollis, Cryptotermes brevis, Heterotermes indicola, Reticulitermes flavipes, Reticulitermes santonensis, Reticulitermes lucifugus, Mastotermes darwiniensis, Zootermopsis nevadensis and Coptotermes formosanus, and bristletails such as Lepisma saccharina.

The application methods for applying a compound or a composition thereof to stored goods, store rooms, raw materials (such as wood and textiles), floor coverings and buildings, and in hygiene management is known in the art.

The invention also provides a method for treating, curing, controlling, preventing and protecting warm-blooded animals, including humans, and fish against infestation and infection by helminths, arachnids and arthropod endo- and ectoparasites which comprises orally, topically or parenterally administering or applying to said animals an anthelmintically, acaricidally or endo- or ectoparasiticidally effective amount of compound of formula (I).

The above method is particularly useful for controlling and preventing helminth, nemtode, acarid and arthropod endo- and ectoparasitic infestations and infections in warm-blooded animals such as cattle, sheep, swine, camels, deer, horses, poultry, fish, rabbits, goats, mink, fox, chinchillas, dogs and cats as well as humans.

In the context of control and prevention of infestation and infections in warm-blooded animals, compounds of invention are especially useful for the control of helminths and nematodes. Examples for helminths are members of the class Trematoda, commonly known as flukes or flatworms, especially members of the genera Fasciola, Fascioloides, Paramphistomu, Dicrocoelium, Eurytrema, Ophisthorchis, Fasciolopsis, Echinostoma and Paragonimus. Nematodes which can be controlled by the formula (I) compounds include the genera Haemonchus, Ostertagia, Cooperia, Oesphagastomu, Nematodirus, Dictyocaulus, Trichuris, Dirofilaria, Ancyclostoma, Ascaria and the like.

The compound of this invention may also control endoparasitic arthropod infestations such as cattle grub and stomach bot. In addition, acarid and arthropod ectoparasitic infestations in warm-blooded animals and fish including biting lice, sucking lice, bot flies, biting flies, muscoid flies, flies, myiasitic fly larvae, gnats, mosquitoes, fleas, mites, ticks, nasal bots, keds and chiggers may be controlled, prevented or eliminated by the compounds of this invention. Biting lice include members of Mallophaga such as Bovicola bovis, Trichodectes canis and Damilina ovis. Sucking lice include members of Anoplura such as Haematopinus eurysternus, Haematopinus suis, Linognathus vituli and Solenopotes capillatus. Biting flies include members of Haematobia. Ticks include Boophilus, Rhipicephalus, Ixodes, Hyalomma, Amblyomma and Dermacentor. The compounds of the invention may also be used to control mites which are parasitic on warm-blooded mammals and poultry including mites of the orders Acariformes and Parasitiformes.

For oral administration to warm-blooded animals, the compounds of the invention may be formulated as animal feeds, animal feed premixes, animal feed concentrates, pills, solutions, pastes, suspensions, drenches, gels, tablets, boluses and capsules. In addition, the compounds of the invention may be administered to the animals in their drinking water. For oral administration, the dosage form chosen should provide the animal with about 0.01 mg/kg to 100 g/kg of animal body weight per day of the compound of the invention.

Alternatively, the compounds of the invention may be administered to animals parenterally, for example, by intraruminal, intramuscular, intravenous or subcutaneous injection. The compounds of the invention may be dispersed or dissolved in a physiologically acceptable carrier for subcutaneous injection. Alternatively, the compounds of the invention may be formulated into an implant for subcutaneous administration. In addition the compounds of the invention may be transdermally administered to animals. For parenteral administration, the dosage form chosen should provide the animal with about 0.01 mg/kg to 100 mg/kg of animal body weight per day of the compound of the invention.

The compounds of the invention may also be applied topically to the animals in the form of dips, dusts, powders, collars, medallions, sprays and pour-on formulations. For topical application, dips and sprays usually contain about 0.5 ppm to 5,000 ppm and preferably about 1 ppm to 3,000 ppm of the compound of the invention. In addition, the compounds of the invention may be formulated as ear tags for animals, particularly quadrupeds such as cattle and sheep.

The compounds of the invention may also be used in combination or conjunction with one or more other parasiticidal compounds (to broaden the spectrum of activity) including, but not limited to, anthelmintics, such as benzimidazoles, piperazine, levamisole, pyrantel, praziquantel and the like; endectocides such as avermectins, milbemycins and the like; ectoparasiticides such as arylpyrroles, organophosphates, carbamates, gamabutyric acid inhibitors including fipronil, pyrethroids, spinosads, imidacloprid and the like; insect growth regulators such as pyriproxyfen, cyromazine and the like; and chitin synthase inhibitors such as benzoylureas including flufenoxuron.

The parasiticidal compositions of the present invention include a parasiticidally effective amount of a compound of the invention or combinations thereof admixed with one or more physiologically tolerable inert, solid or liquid carriers known from veterinary medicinal practice for oral, percutaneous and topical administration. Such compositions may comprise further additives, such as stabilizers, anifoams, viscosity regulators, binders and tackifiers, whereas commercial products will preferably be formulated as concentrates, the end user will normally employ dilute formulations.

The compositions according to the present invention may also be used for the preparation of composition useful to curatively or preventively treat human and animal fungal diseases such as, for example, mycoses, dermatoses, trichophyton diseases and candidiases or diseases caused by Aspergillus spp., for example Aspergillus fumigatus.

In an embodiment, independent of any other embodiments, a compound of formula (I) is a anti-helminth compound.

In an embodiment, independent of any other embodiments, a compound of formula (I) is a pesticidal compound, preferably a nematicidal compound.

In each aspect and embodiment of the invention, “consisting essentially” and inflections thereof are a preferred embodiment of “comprising” and its inflections, and “consisting of” and inflections thereof are a preferred embodiment of “consisting essentially of” and its inflections.

The disclosure in the present application makes available each and every combination of embodiments disclosed herein.

The following Examples serve to illustrate the invention. They do not limit the invention. Temperatures are given in degrees Celsius; mixing ratios of solvents are given in parts by volume.

EXAMPLES Preparation Examples

Temperatures are given in degrees Celsius; mixing ratios of solvents are given in parts by volume.

The following abbreviations were used in this section: DMF: dimethylformamide; THF: tetrahydrofuran; EtOAc: ethyl acetate; s=singlet; bs=broad singlet; d=doublet; dd=double doublet; dt=double triplet; t=triplet, tt=triple triplet, q=quartet, sept=septet; m=multiplet; Me=methyl; Et=ethyl; Pr=propyl; Bu=butyl; M.p.=melting point; RT=retention time, [M+H]⁺=molecular mass of the protonated cation, [M−H]⁻=molecular mass of the molecular anion.

Method A:

-   MS ZQ Mass Spectrometer from Waters (single quadrupole mass     spectrometer), ionization method: electrospray, polarity: positive     ionization, capillary (kV) 3.00, cone (V) 30.00, Extractor: 2.00 V,     source temperature (° C.) 100, desolvation temperature (° C.) 250,     cone gas flow (L/Hr) 50, desolvation gas flow (L/Hr) 400, mass     range: 100 to 900 Da. -   LC 1100er Series HPLC from Agilent: quaternary pump, heated column     compartment and diode-array detector.     -   Column: Phenomenex Gemini C18, 3 □m, 30×3 mm, Temp: 60° C.; DAD     -   Wavelength range (nm): 210 to 500     -   Solvent gradient:     -   A=H₂O+5% MeOH+0.05% HCOOH     -   B=Acetonitril+0.05% HCOOH

Time (min) Time (min) Time (min) Time (min) 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 2.00 2.00 2.00 2.00 2.80 2.80 2.80 2.80 2.90 2.90 2.90 2.90

Method B:

-   MS ACQUITY SQD Mass Spectrometer from Waters (Single quadrupole mass     spectrometer)     -   Ionisation method: Electrospray     -   Polarity: positive ions     -   Capillary (kV) 3.00, Cone (V) 20.00, Extractor (V) 3.00, Source         Temperature (° C.) 150, Desolvation Temperature (° C.) 400, Cone         Gas Flow (L/Hr) 60,     -   Desolvation Gas Flow (L/Hr) 700     -   Mass range: 100 to 800 Da     -   DAD Wavelength range (nm): 210 to 400 -   LC Method Waters ACQUITY UPLC with the following HPLC gradient     conditions     -   (Solvent A: Water/Methanol 9:1,0.1% formic acid and Solvent B:         Acetonitrile,0.1% formic acid)

Time (min) A % B % Flow (ml/min) 0 100 0 0.75 2.5 0 100 0.75 2.8 0 100 0.75 3.0 100 0 0.75

Method C:

-   MS ZMD Mass Spectrometer from Waters (single quadrupole mass     spectrometer), ionization method: electrospray, polarity: positive     ionization, capillary (kV) 3.80, cone (V) 30.00, extractor (V) 3.00,     source temperature (° C.) 150, desolvation temperature (° C.) 350,     cone gas flow (L/Hr) off, desolvation gas flow (L/Hr) 600, mass     range: 100 to 900 Da. -   LC 1100er Series HPLC from Agilent: quaternary pump, heated column     compartment and diode-array detector.     -   Column: Phenomenex Gemini C18, 3 □m, 30×3 mm, Temp: 60° C.; DAD     -   Wavelength range (nm): 200 to 500     -   Solvent gradient:     -   A=H₂O+5% MeOH+0.05% HCOOH     -   B=Acetonitril+0.05% HCOOH

Time (min) A % B % Flow (ml/min) 0.00 100 0.0 1.700 2.00 0 100 1.700 2.80 0 100 1.700 2.90 100 0 1.700 3.00 100 0 1.700

Method D:

-   MS Mass Spectrometer from Waters (SQD or ZQ Single quadrupole mass     spectrometer) equipped with an electrospray source (Polarity:     positive or negative ions, Capillary: 3.00 kV, Cone range: 30-60 V,     Extractor: 2.00 V, Source Temperature: 150° C., Desolvation     Temperature: 350° C., Cone Gas Flow: 0 L/Hr, Desolvation Gas Flow:     650 L/Hr, Mass range: 100 to 900 Da) -   LC Acquity UPLC from Waters: Binary pump, heated column compartment     and diode-array detector. Solvent degasser, binary pump, heated     column compartment and diode-array detector. Column: Waters UPLC HSS     T3, 1.8 □m, 30×2.1 mm, Temp: 60° C., DAD Wavelength range (nm): 210     to 500, Solvent Gradient: A=water+5% MeOH+0.05% HCOOH,     B=Acetonitrile+0.05% HCOOH: gradient: gradient: 0 min 0% B, 100% A;     1.2-1.5 min 100% B; Flow (ml/min) 0.85

Example P1 Preparation of N-[1,1-dimethyl-2-oxo-2-[4-[trans-2-(trifluoromethyl)-1-cyclopropyl]phenyl]ethyl]-2,6-difluoro-benzamide (19.003) Step a. Preparation of 1-bromo-4-[2-trans-(trifluoromethyl)-1-cyclopropyl]benzene

4-bromostyrene (48 ml, 67.5 g, 369 mmol) and Fe(TPP)Cl (7.79 g, 11.1 mmol) was stirred with a solution of 2,2,2-trifluoroethylamine hydrochloride (102 g, 738 mmol) in 600 ml water. The mixture was stirred rapidly with a mechanical stirrer and an ice/water bath used to cool the reaction flask. When the temperature of the reaction vessel sank to 15° C., addition of a solution of sodium nitrite (61.1 g, 885 mmol) in 50 ml of water was started and a portion was added. An exothermic reaction started with evolution of nitrogen. The temperature rose to 20° C. and sank again. The nitrite solution was added in portions keeping the temperature between 15° C. and 22° C. After complete addition the cooling bath was removed and the mixture stirred for a further 3 hours. NMR of a sample showed complete conversion. The reaction mixture was stirred with ca 200 ml cyclohexane and filtered through celite washing with hexane. The layers were separated and the organic layer washed with NH₄Cl (5M, aq) and twice with water. The organic phase was put through a coumn of silica (height 15 cm, diameter 10 cm) eluting further with hexane. The solvent was evaporated yielding of 1-bromo-4[2-trans-(trifluoromethyl)-1-cyclopropyl]benzene (70 g).

¹H-NMR (CDCl3) 1.13 (1H, m, cPr); 1.38 (1H, m, cPr); 1.77 (1H, m, cPr); 2.32 (1H, m, cPr); 6.99 (2H, Ar); 7.41 (2H, Ar).

Step b. Preparation of 2-(2,6-difluorophenyl)-4,4-dimethyl-oxazol-5-one

2,6-difluorobenzoyl chloride (20 ml, 159.84 mmol) was added to a suspension of alpha-aminoisobutyric acid (7.417 g, 71.93 mmol) in pyridine (140 ml) under stirring at 0° C. The mixture was allowed to warm to room temperature and stirred for six days. The solvent was evaporated and the crude product mixture shaken between ether/hexane 1:4 and water. The organic phase was washed twice with HCl (1M), once with NaHCO₃ (1M), dried over Na₂SO₄, and evaporated to yield the product (14.3 g) as light yellow solid. M. p. 36-39° C.

¹H-NMR (CDCl3, 400 MHz) 1.58 (6H, s, 2×Me); 7.03 (2H, dd, J=9, Ar); 7.50 (1H, m, Ar).

Step c. Preparation of 2,6-difluoro-N-[2-[methoxy(methyl)amino]-1,1-dimethyl-2-oxo-ethyl]benzamide

A mixture of 2-(2,6-difluoro-phenyl)-4,4-dimethyl-4H-oxazol-5-one (1.90 g, 8.44 mmol), N,O-dimethylhydroxylamine hydrochloride (1.0 g, 10.1 mmol), pyridine (0.80 ml, 10.1 mmol, 1.2 eq.), and methylene chloride (28 ml) was stirred at room temperature for 24 hours. Methylene chloride was removed by evaporation under reduced pressure. The resulting mixture was diluted with ethyl acetate (150 ml), washed with twice with 5% of aq. HCl (50 mL) and saturated aqueous NaHCO₃ (50 ml) and dried over Na₂SO₄, Removal of the solvent afforded the crude product N-[2-(4-cyclopropyl-phenyl)-1,1-dimethyl-2-oxo-ethyl]-2,6-difluoro-benzamide as yellow solid, which was submitted in the next step without further purification.

Step d. Preparation of N-[1,1-dimethyl-2-oxo-2-[4-[trans-2-(trifluoromethyl)-1-cyclopropyl]phenyl]ethyl]-2,6-difluoro-benzamide (19.003)

A solution of phenyl lithium in Bu₂O (1.8M, 30.2 mmol, 17 ml) was added slowly to a solution of 2,6-difluoro-N-[2-[methoxy(methyl)amino]-1,1-dimethyl-2-oxo-ethyl]benzamide (8.64 g, 30.2 mmol in 100 ml THF) at −70° C. In a separate flask nBuLi in hexanes (19 ml, 1.6M, 30.2 mmol) was added slowly to a solution of 1-bromo-4[2-trans-(trifluoromethyl)-1-cyclopropyl]benzene from step 1 (8.00 g, 30.2 mmol) in THF (50 ml) at −70° C. After 15 minutes this new aryl lithium solution was added by cannula to the solution described above. After 1 hour at −70° C. NH₄Cl (5M, 50 ml) was added, the mixture warmed to RT, and tBuOMe (150 ml) and water (100 ml) was added. The phases were separated, the organic layer washed with NaHCO₃ (1M, 50 ml) and NaCl (satd, 50 ml), dried over MgSO₄ and the solvent evaporated to yield the crude product (16.97 g) as a yellow oil still containing Bu₂O. This reaction was repeated on a 240 mmol scale following the procedure above but quenching the reaction with 58 g of acetic acid instead of NH4Cl (5M). This afforded a crude yield of 112 g of the product containing Bu₂O. This was chromatographed together with the 16.95 g from the first reaction. Chromatography was performed with 1.5 kg of silica using an EtOAc/heptanes gradient to yield 67.5 g of the product, which was crystallised from Et2O/hexane m.p. 65-80° C.

LCMS (method A). RT 2.11 min [M+H]⁺ 412.

¹H-NMR (CDCl3, 400 MHz) 1.22 (1H, m, cPr); 1.43 (1H, m, cPr); 1.80 (6H, s, Me2); 1.84 (1H, m, cPr); 2.48 (1H, m, cPr); 6.89 (2H, t, Ar); 6.92 (1H, br s, NH); 7.16 (2H, d); 7.33 (IH, m, Ar); 7.98 (2H, d, Ar)

Example P2 N-[1,1-dimethyl-2-oxo-2-[4-[2,2-dichlorocyclopropyl]phenyl]ethyl]-2,6-difluoro-benzamide (19.002) Step a: N-[1,1-dimethyl-2-oxo-2-(4-vinylphenyl)ethyl]-2,6-difluoro-benzamide

Tributylvinyltin (912 mg) was added to a solution of N-[1,1-dimethyl-2-oxo-2-(4-bromophenyl)ethyl]-2,6-difluoro-benzamide (1 g) in toluene (50 ml). The solution was degassed and flushed with argon. Palladium(tetrakis(triphenylphosphine)) (302 mg) was added and the solution was stirred at 90° C. overnight then cooled to room temperature and quenched by addition of saturated aqueous sodium carbonate solution and stirred 4 hours at room temperature. The mixture was extracted with ethyl acetate, the organic layer was washed with 5% aqueous ammonia solution, dried over sodium sulphate and the solvent was removed under reduced pressure. The crude residue was purified by flash chromatography (ethyl acetate/cyclohexane) to afford the title product as a dark yellow gum (1.42 g).

LCMS (method A). RT 1.74 min [M+H]⁺ 330.

¹H-NMR (CDCl₃, 400 MHz): 1.82 (s, 6H), 5.38 (d, 1H), 5.85 (d, 1H), 6.21 (dd, 1H), 6.90-7.00 (m, 3H), 7.25 (m, 1H), 7.45 (d, 2H), 8.00 (d, 2H).

Step b: N-[1,1-dimethyl-2-oxo-2-[4-[2,2-dichlorocyclopropyl]phenyl]ethyl]-2,6-difluoro-benzamide (19.002)

To a stirred solution of N-[1,1-dimethyl-2-oxo-2-(4-vinylphenyl)ethyl]-2,6-difluoro-benzamide (200 mg), potassium hydroxide (170 mg) and tetrabutylammonium bromide (39 mg) in dichloromethane (3 ml) at 40° C. was added chloroform (362 mg) dropwise. Addition of chloroform was repeated until all starting material was consumed, as assessed by LCMS analysis. The crude residue was purified by flash chromatography (ethyl acetate/heptanes) to afford the title product as a yellow oil (137 mg).

LCMS (method A). RT 1.87 min [M+H]⁺ 412/414.

Example P3 Preparation of N-[2-(4-cyclopropylphenyl)-1,1-dimethyl-2-oxo-ethyl]-2,6-difluoro-benzamide (19.001)

N-[1,1-dimethyl-2-oxo-2-(4-chlorophenyl)ethyl]-2,6-difluoro-benzamide (26 g) was dissolved in toluene (520 ml). Cyclopropyl boronic acid (10 g), tricyclohexylphosphine (2.16 g), potassium phosphate (57.2 g) and water (31 ml) were added followed by palladium acetate (0.86 g) and the solution was stirred at 100° C. overnight then cooled to room temperature and partitioned between water and ethyl acetate. The combined organic layers were washed with brine and the solvent was removed under reduced pressure. The crude residue was purified by flash chromatography (ethyl acetate/cyclohexane) to afford the title product as a dark yellow gum (48 g).

LCMS (method B). RT 1.73 min [M+H]⁺ 344.

¹H-NMR (CDCl₃, 400 MHz): 0.75 (m, 2H), 1.02 (m, 2H), 1.82 (s, 6H), 1.91 (m, 1H), 6.90 (t, 2H), 7.09 (d, 2H), 7.12 (br s, 1H), 7.32 (m, 1H), 7.92 (d, 2H).

Example P4 Alternative synthesis of N-[2-(4-cyclopropylphenyl)-1,1-dimethyl-2-oxo-ethyl]-2,6-difluoro-benzamide (19.001)

To a solution of 2-(2,6-difluorophenyl)-4,4-dimethyl-oxazol-5-one (0.5 g) in cyclopropylbenzene (5.47 ml) at 0° C. was added aluminium trichloride (0.83 g) and the reaction mixture was stirred 30 min at 0° C. It was then allowed to warm up to room temperature and the reaction mixture was decomposed by addition of ice and 2N hydrochloric acid. The organic layer was washed with sodium bicarbonate, dried over sodium sulphate and the solvents evaporated in vacuo. The residue was purified by flash chromatography (ethyl acetate/cyclohexane) to afford the title product as an off-white gum (0.36 g).

LCMS (method C). RT 1.77 min [M+H]⁺ 344.

¹H-NMR (CDCl₃, 400 MHz): 0.75 (m, 2H), 1.02 (m, 2H), 1.82 (s, 6H), 1.91 (m, 1H), 6.90 (t, 2H), 7.09 (d, 2H), 7.12 (br s, 1H), 7.32 (m, 1H), 7.92 (d, 2H).

Example P5 Alternative synthesis of N-[2-(4-cyclopropylphenyl)-1,1-dimethyl-2-oxo-ethyl]-2,6-difluoro-benzamide (19.001)

A solution of 1-bromo-4-cyclopropyl-benzene (300 mg, 1.52 mmol) in dry THF(4 ml) at −78° C. under argon was treated dropwise over a period of 20 minutes with BuLi (1.6N in hexanes, 1.00 ml, 1.60 mmol) To the resulting mixture at −78° C. was added dropwise over a period of 15 minutes a solution of 2-(2,6-difluoro-phenyl)-4,4-dimethyl-4H-oxazol-5-one (0.196 g, 0.685 mmol) in dry THF(1.5 ml). The reaction mixture was stirred for 15 min at −78° C. and for one hour at room temperature. The reaction was quenched by the addition of saturated aqueous NH₄Cl. Ethylacetate (10 ml) was added and the layers were separated. The aqueous phase was extracted twice with ethylacetate (20 ml). The organic layers were combined, washed with aqueous saturated NaCl, dried over Na₂SO₄. Removal of the solvent afforded the crude product as a yellow oil. The crude product was purified by flash-chromatography on a silica gel column eluted with heptanes/ethalyacetate 2/1 to afford N-[2-(4-Cyclopropyl-phenyl)-1,1-dimethyl-2-oxo-ethyl]-2,6-difluoro-benzamide (94 mg) as a colorless solid.

Example P6 tert-butyl N-[2-[4-[2-[(2,6-difluorobenzoyl)amino]-2-methyl-propanoyl]phenyl]cyclopropyl]carbamate (19.062) Step a: tert-Butyl (E)-3-[4-[2-[(2,6-difluorobenzoyl)amino]-2-methyl-propanoyl]phenyl]prop-2-enoate

Dichloromethane (200 ml) was placed in a dry flask and degassed by introducing argon for 10 min. The catalyst (1,3-bis(2,4,6-trimethylphenyl)-2-imidazolidinylidene) dichloro(phenylmethylene)(tricyclohexylphosphine)ruthenium (Grubbs catalyst, 2^(nd) generation, 1.03 g, 1.22 mmol) was added at RT followed by tert-butyl propenoate (9.28 ml, 64.0 mmol) and N-[1,1-dimethyl-2-oxo-2-(4-vinylphenyl)ethyl]-2,6-difluoro-benzamide (10.8 g, 32.8 mmol). The solution was heated at 40° C. overnight. After cooling, the mixture was filtered off and the mother liquor was evaporated. The residue was submitted to flash chromatography to give 5.35 g of the title compound as a white solid. Mp: 161-2° C. LCMS (method D): 1.10 min, 430 (M+1)⁺.

Step b: trans-tert-Butyl-2-[4-[2-[(2,6-difluorobenzoyl)amino]-2-methyl-propanoyl]phenyl]cyclopropanecarboxylate (19.060)

To a solution of trimethylsulfoxonium iodide (13.9 g, 61.7 mmol) in DMSO (50 ml), sodium hydride (2.47 g; 61.7 mmol) was added and the mixture was stirred 1 h at RT. tert-Butyl (E)-3-[4-[2-[(2,6-difluorobenzoyl)amino]-2-methyl-propanoyl]phenyl]prop-2-enoate (5.30 g, 12.3 mmol) dissolved in THF (30 ml) was added dropwise over 10 min and the reaction was stirred overnight at RT. After quenching with water and brine, the solution was extracted with ethyl acetate. The organic phase was separated and dried over MgSO4. After evaporation, the residue was purified by flash-chromatography to give the title compound as a white solid. LC-MS (method D): 1.09 min, 444, (M+1)⁺.

Step c: trans-2-[4-[2-[(2,6-Difluorobenzoyl)amino]-2-methyl-propanoyl]phenyl]cyclopropane carboxylic acid (19.061)

To a solution of tert-butyl-2-[4-[2-[(2,6-difluorobenzoyl)amino]-2-methyl-propanoyl]phenyl]cyclopropanecarboxylate (685 mg, 1.55 mmol) in dichloromethane was added thiophenol (0.18 ml, 1.70 mmol) and trifluoroacetic acid (5 ml). After 2 h, the reaction was quenched with a saturated solution of NaHCO₃ and extracted with ethyl acetate. The organic phase was separated and dried over MgSO₄. After evaporation, the residue was purified by flash-chromatography to give the title compound (501 mg) as white crystals.

LCMS (method D): 0.82 min, 386 (M+1)⁺.

Step d: trans-tert-Butyl N-[2-[4-[2-[(2,6-difluorobenzoyl)amino]-2-methyl-propanoyl]phenyl]cyclopropyl]carbamate (19.062)

2-[4-[2-[(2,6-difluorobenzoyl)amino]-2-methyl-propanoyl]phenyl]cyclopropane carboxylic acid (360 mg, 0.93 mmol) was solved in tert-butanol. Triethylamine (0.39 ml, 2.80 mmol) was added and after 30 min diphenylphosphoryl azide (dppa, 0.22 ml, 1.12 mmol). The solution was heated at reflux overnight. After cooling, the solvent was evaporated and the residue was dissolved in ethyl acetate. The organic phase was washed with water and brine and dried over MgSO4. After evaporation, the residue was purified by flash-chromatography to give the title compound (130 mg) as white crystals.

LCMS (method D): 1.00 min, 459 (M+1)⁺.

¹H NMR (CDCl₃, 400 MHz): 1.10-1.29 (m, 2H), 1.76 (s, 9H), 2.09 (m, 1H), 2.78 (m, 1H), 5.32 (b, 1H), 6.72 (m, 2H), 6.89 (b, 1H), 7.09 (m, 2H), 7.29 (m, 1H), 7.88 (s, 1H), 7.89 (s, 1H).

Example P7 Ethyl 1-cyano-3-[4-[2-[(2,6-difluorobenzoyl)amino]-2-methyl-propanoyl]phenyl]-2,2-dimethyl-cyclopropanecarboxylate (20.001) Step a: 2,6-Difluoro-N-[2-(4-formylphenyl)-1,1-dimethyl-2-oxo-ethyl]benzamide

N-[1,1-Dimethyl-2-oxo-2-(4-vinylphenyl)ethyl]-2,6-difluoro-benzamide (10.0 g, 30.4 mmol) was dissolved in CH₂Cl₂ under argon. The solution was cooled to −78° C. and ozone was blown through it, until it turned blue (˜2 h). The reaction was quenched with dimethyl disulphide (0.1 ml) and warm up to RT overnight. Triphenylphosphine (1.0 g, 3.77 mmol) was then added to completely reduce the intermediate ozonide. Insoluble material was filtered off and the remaining solution was evaporated. The residue was purified by flash chromatography to give the title compound (5.67 g) as white crystals.

LCMS (method D): 0.84 min, 332 (M+1)⁺.

Step b: Ethyl 2-cyano-3-[4-[2-[(2,6-difluorobenzoyl)amino]-2-methyl-propanoyl]phenyl]prop-2-enoate

2,6-Difluoro-N-[2-(4-formylphenyl)-1,1-dimethyl-2-oxo-ethyl]benzamide (300 mg, 0.91 mmol) was solved in CH₂Cl₂ (5 ml). To this solution were added magnesium sulfate (0.13 g, 1.07 mmol), ammonium acetate (0.09 g, 1.11 mg) and methyl 2-cyanoacetate (0.11 g, 0.01 mmol). After stirring 4 h at RT, 0.11 g methyl 2-cyanoacetate (1.07 mmol) and 5 ml ethylene dichloride were added. After overnight at reflux temperature, the mixture was poured into water and extracted with CH₂Cl₂. The organic phase was dried over MgSO4. After evaporation, the residue was purified by flash-chromatography to give the title compound (90 mg) as an oil.

LCMS (method D): 0.98 min, 433 (M+1)⁺.

Step c: Ethyl 1-cyano-3-[4-[2-[(2,6-difluorobenzoyl)amino]-2-methyl-propanoyl]phenyl]-2,2-dimethyl-cyclopropanecarboxylate (20.001)

According to literature (e.g. D. J. Du Bois et al. WO2009/043784, Hoffmann-La Roche), to a solution of ethyl 2-cyano-3-[4-[2-[(2,6-difluorobenzoyl)amino]-2-methyl-propanoyl]phenyl]prop-2-enoate (150 mg, 0.36 mmol) in ethanol (10 ml) was added 2-nitropropane (0.034 ml, 0.36 mmol) and K₂CO₃ (0.05 g, 0.36 mmol) and the suspension was heated at reflux for 4 h. The mixture was poured into brine and extracted with ethyl acetate. The organic phase was dried over MgSO4. After evaporation, the residue was purified by flash-chromatography to give the title compound (31 mg) as an oil.

LCMS (method D): 1.03 min, 469 (M+1)⁺.

¹H-NMR (CDCl₃, 400 MHz): 1.38 (t, 3H), 1.49 (s, 3H), 1.58 (s, 3H), 1.81 (s, 6H), 3.29 (s, 1H), 4.32 (q, 2H), 6.81 (s, b, 1H), 6.90 (m, 2H), 7.34 (m, 3H), 7.99 (s, 1H), 8.0 (s, 1H).

Tables 19: Characterising Data

Table 19 shows selected melting point, selected HPLC-MS, and selected NMR data for compounds of the present invention. CDCl₃ was used as the solvent for NMR measurements, unless otherwise stated. No attempt is made to list all characterising data in all cases.

In Table 19 and throughout the description that follows, temperatures are given in degrees Celsius; “NMR” means nuclear magnetic resonance spectrum; HPLC is high pressure liquid chromatography; MS stands for mass spectrum; “%” is percent by weight, unless corresponding concentrations are indicated in other units. The following abbreviations are used throughout this description:

m.p. = melting point [° C.] b.p. = boiling point. S = singlet br = Broad d = doublet dd = doublet of doublets t = triplet q = quartet m = multiplet ppm = parts per million Table 19 below is a list of characterised compounds of the formula IE.

FFT 80188 RT [M + H]+ LC MS Cpd no AA Y R8a R3aa R3ab Stereo (min) (measured) Method MP/° C. 19.001 2,6-difluorophenyl C—H H H H — 1.73 344 B 121-123 19.002 2,6-difluorophenyl C—H H Cl Cl — 1.87 412/4 A 19.003 2,6-difluorophenyl C—H H CF3 H trans, rac. 65-82 19.004 2,6-difluorophenyl N F H H — 127-128 19.005 2,6-difluorophenyl C—H H CF3 H S, S 74-85 19.006 2,6-difluorophenyl C—H H CF3 H R, R 74-85 19.007 2-fluoro-6-n-butylphenyl C—H H CF3 H trans, rac. 1.18 450 D 19.008 2-chloro-pyrid-3-yl C—H H CF3 H trans, rac. 76-77 19.009 2-trifluoromethyl-pyrid-3-yl C—H H CF3 H trans, rac. 148-149 19.010 3-chloro-pyrid-2-yl C—H H CF3 H trans, rac. 76-77 19.011 2-chloro-pyrid-3-yl C—H H H H — 95-96 19.012 2-trifluoromethyl-pyrid-3-yl C—H H H H — 137-138 19.013 3-chloro-pyrid-2-yl C—H H H H — 0.97 343/5 D 19.014 3-fluoro-pyrid-2-yl C—H H H H — 0.94 327 D 19.015 3-chloro-pyrazin-2-yl C—H H H H — 121-122 19.016 2-trifluoromethyl-phenyl C—H H H H — 156-157 19.017 3-chloro-pyrazin-2-yl C—H H CF3 H trans, rac. 1 412/4 D 19.018 3-fluoro-pyrid-2-yl C—H H CF3 H trans, rac. 100-101 19.019 2-trifluoromethyl-phenyl C—H H CF3 H trans, rac. 124-125 19.020 2-methoxy-phenyl C—H H H H — 1.62   338.29 B 19.021 2-chloro-phenyl C—H H H H — 1.56 342/4 B 19.022 3-bromo-pyrid-2-yl C—H H H H — 1.49 342/4 B 19.023 2-tolyl C—H H H H — 1.56 387/9 B 19.024 2,4,6-trifluorophenyl C—H H H H — 1.56 322 B 19.025 2-fluorophenyl C—H H H H — 1.57 362 B 19.026 2-chloro, 6-fluorophenyl C—H H H H — 1.56 326 B 19.027 3-methyl-pyrid-2-yl C—H H H H — 1.57 360/2 B 19.028 2-fluoro-6-methoxyphenyl C—H H H H — 1.51 323 B 19.029 2-fluoro-6-methylphenyl C—H H H H — 1.58 356 B 19.030 2,6-dichlorophenyl C—H H H H — 1.62 339 B 19.031 3,5-dichloro-pyrid-2-yl C—H H H H — 1.68 376/8 B 19.032 2-chloro-1-oxo-pyrid-6-yl C—H H H H — 1.50 377/9 B 19.033 3-6-dichloro-pyrid-2-yl C—H H H H — 1.65  359/61 B 19.034 3-chloro-5-trifluoromethyl- C—H H H H — 1.74 377/9 B pyrid-2-yl 19.035 3-fluoro-5-chloro-pyrid-2-yl C—H H H H — 1.63  410/12 B 19.036 2-bromophenyl C—H H H H — 1.58 361/3 B 19.037 2-methyl-pyrid-3-yl C—H H H H — 1.04 386/8 B 19.038 3-methoxy-pyrid-2-yl C—H H H H — 1.33 323 B 19.039 2-trifluoromethylsulfanyl- C—H H H H — 1.76 339 B phenyl 19.040 2-fluoro-6-trifluoromethyl- C—H H H H — 1.64 394 B phenyl 19.041 2-tolyl C—H H CF3 H trans, rac. 1.70 390 B 19.042 2,4,6-trifluorophenyl C—H H CF3 H trans, rac. 1.69 430 B 19.043 2-fluorophenyl C—H H CF3 H trans, rac. 1.69 394 B 19.044 2-chloro-6-fluorophenyl C—H H CF3 H trans, rac. 1.69  428/30 B 19.045 3-methyl-pyrid-2yl C—H H CF3 H trans, rac. 1.70 391 B 19.046 2-fluoro-6-methoxy-phenyl C—H H CF3 H trans, rac. 1.64 424 B 19.047 2,6-dichlorophenyl C—H H CF3 H trans, rac. 1.74 444/6 B 19.048 3,5-dichloro-pyrid-2-yl C—H H CF3 H trans, rac. 1.79 445/7 B 19.049 2-chloro-1-oxo-pyrid-6-yl C—H H CF3 H trans, rac. 1.64 427/9 B 19.050 3,6-dichloro-pyrid-2-yl C—H H CF3 H trans, rac. 1.76 445/7 B 19.051 3-chloro-5-trifluoromethyl- C—H H CF3 H trans, rac. 1.83  479/81 B pyrid-2-yl 19.052 5-chloro-3-fluoro-pyrid-2-yl C—H H CF3 H trans, rac. 1.75  429/31 B 19.053 2-methyl-pyrid-3-yl C—H H CF3 H trans, rac. 1.25 391 B 19.054 3-methoxy-pyrid-2-yl C—H H CF3 H trans, rac. 1.49 407 B 19.055 2-trifluoromethylsulfanyl- C—H H CF3 H trans, rac. 1.85 476 B phenyl 19.056 2-methoxy-phenyl C—H H CF3 H trans, rac. 1.74 406 B 19.057 2-chlorophenyl C—H H CF3 H trans, rac. 1.69  410/12 B 19.058 2-cyanophenyl C—H H CF3 H trans, rac. 1.55 401 B 19.059 3-bromo-pyrid-2-yl C—H H CF3 H trans, rac. 1.63 455/7 B 19.060 2,6-difluorophenyl C—H H CO2tBu H trans, rac. 1.07 444 D 19.061 2,6-difluorophenyl C—H H COOH H trans, rac. 115-116 19.062 2,6-difluorophenyl C—H H NHBOC H trans, rac. 197-198 19.063 2,6-difluorophenyl C—H H CONHMe H trans, rac. 129-130 19.064 2,6-difluorophenyl C—H H NO2 H trans, rac. 0.93 389 D In Tables 19 and 20, ‘Stereo’ refers to the stereochemistry at the carbon atoms of the cyclopropyl attached to R3aa/R3ab and the phenyl/pyridyl ring i.e.

Table 20 contains another characterised compound 20.001 of the formula (IF)

RT [M + H]+ LC MS Cpd no (min) (measured) Method 20.001 1.08 469 D

Biological Examples Heterodera schachtii (Sugar Beet Cyst Nematode)

Nematicide, contact activity. The tested application rate of each compound was 200 ppm. All solutions were brought to a concentration of 400 ppm, respectively, as they were subsequently diluted by adding the equivalent amount of water containing juvenile nematodes. After preparation of the suspensions, 1 ml of each suspension and concentration was transferred to 16-well assay plates with a total of three replicates per treatment. Approximately 500 juveniles of Heterodera schachtii were added in 1 ml of water to each well. Nematodes in water served as controls. The plates were placed in a dark box and stored at room temperature. Nematode paralysis was determined after 24 hours incubation at 25° C. in darkness. Nematodes that showed no movement were considered immotile.

The following compounds showed a greater than 75% nematode immobilization compared to the untreated control:

19.001, 19.003, 19.004, 19.005, 19.006, 19.007, 19.008, 19.009, 19.010, 19.011, 19.012, 19.014, 19.015, 19.017, 19.018, 19.019, 19.020, 19.021, 19.022, 19.023, 19.024, 19.025, 19.026, 19.027, 19.028, 19.029, 19.033, 19.036, 19.037, 19.038, 19.041, 19.042, 19.043, 19.044, 19.045, 19.046, 19.053, 19.054, 19.056, 19.057, 19.059, 19.060, 19.062, 19.064.

Meloidogyne Spp. (Root-Knot Nematode)

Nematicide, contact activity, preventive. Filter papers (9 cm×4.5 cm) with a small pocket were placed into plastic (12 cm×6 cm). One cucumber cv. Toshka seed was placed in the centre of the filter paper pocket of all the pouches needed for a test. The cucumber seeds in the pouches were treated with test solutions at 200 ppm by pipetting the solution directly over the cucumber seed in the filter paper pocket in the pouch. Prior to application, the compound solution was prepared at twice the concentration required and the egg suspension is prepared with FORL nutrient solution with 3000 eggs/0.5 ml. After applying all the treatments, 3000 eggs (in 0.5 ml of FORL nutrient solution) were pipetted into the pouches. The pouches were incubated in a moist chamber for twelve days and watered regularly to maintain good filter paper moisture essential for the growing cucumber root system. After this period, the filter paper containing the germinated cucumber seedling was removed from the plastic pouch to assess the number of galls caused by Meloidogyne spp. per root system. Phytotoxicity was measured as a reduction of growth of the emerged cucumber seedling in comparison to the control.

The following compounds showed a greater than 80% reduction of galling compared to the untreated control:

19.003, 19.005, 19.006, 19.008, 19.010, 19.015, 19.017, 19.018, 19.019, 19.060, 19.064.

Meloidogyne Spp. (Root-Knot Nematode)

Nematicide, contact activity, preventive Cucumber cv. Toshka seeds were sown directly into pots filled with a sandy substrate. Six days later pots were each treated with 5 ml of a WP10 suspension of the test compound. Hereafter, pots were inoculated with 3000 eggs of M. incognita. The trial was harvested fourteen days after trial application and inoculation. Root galling was assessed according to Zeck's gall index (Zeck W. M. (1971) Ein Bonitierungsschema zur Feldauswertung von Wurzelgallenbefall. Pflanzenschutznachrichten Bayer 24,1: 144-147.). Phytotoxicity was measured as a reduction of growth of the emerged cucumber seedling in comparison to the control.

The following compounds showed a greater than 80% reduction of galling compared to the untreated control:

19.001, 19.003, 19.004, 19.005, 19.006, 19.008, 19.009, 19.010, 19.011, 19.012, 19.013, 19.014, 19.015, 19.017, 19.018, 19.064.

Meloidogyne Spp. (Root-Knot Nematode)

Nematicide, contact activity, preventive Coated tomato cv. Roter Gnom seeds were sown 0.5 to 1 cm deep in 45 ml pots filled with field soil. Then pots were infested with nematodes by pipetting 2000 eggs of Meloidogyne spp. within a 2 ml suspension on top of the seed. The seed hole was filled with soil hereafter. Assessment of phytotoxicity (in %) and root galling occurred 28 days after inoculation. The roots were washed free of soil debris and the gall index was assessed according to Zeck 1971 on a scale from 0 to 7. Seed treatment rate: 1 mg A1/seed

The following compounds showed a greater than 80% reduction of galling compared to the untreated control:

19.003, 19.005, 19.008, 19.010, 19.017, 19.059. Heterodera schachtii (Sugar Beet Cyst Nematode) Nematicide, contact activity, preventive Coated sugar beat cv. Impulse seeds were planted in 45 ml pots filled with field soil. Seven days after sowing pots were infested with 500 J2 of Heterodera schachtii within a 2 ml suspension in two holes to the left and right of the seedling. Assessment of nematode numbers per g of root occurred 10 days after inoculation. The upper plant part was cut off and the roots were washed free of soil debris. Nematodes within the roots were stained with acid fuchsin stain solution. Nematodes within the roots were quantified under a dissecting scope at 40×. Seed treatment rate: 0.6 mg Al/seed The following compounds showed a greater than 80% reduction of nematode population compared to the untreated control: 19.003, 19.008, 19.010, 19.015, 19.017. 

1. A compound of the formula I

wherein Y is C—H, C—F, C—Cl or N, A1, A2, A4 and A5 are, independently of each other, N, CH or CR6, where the number of N atoms in the ring containing A1, A2, A4 and A5 is 0, 1 or 2, R6 is, independently of each other, selected from halogen, cyano, C1-C4-alkyl, C1-C4-haloalkyl, C1-C4-alkoxy, and C1-C4-haloalkoxy, R1 and R2 are each methyl, or R1 and R2 form together with the carbon atom, to which they are attached, a cyclopropyl or cyclobutyl ring, R3 is, independently of each other, selected from halogen, cyano, R9, O—R9, NO2, COOR9, CONHR9, CONR9aR9, NHR9, NR9aR9, and NHCOR9, R8 is, independently of each other, selected from halogen, cyano, C1-C4-alkyl, C1-C4-haloalkyl, C1-C4-alkoxy, and C1-C4-haloalkoxy, R9 and R9a are, independently of each other, selected from C1-C4-alkyl, which is unsubstituted or substituted by one or more R10, C2-C6-alkenyl, which is unsubstituted or substituted by one or more R10, C2-C6-alkynyl, which is unsubstituted or substituted by one or more R10, aryl, which is unsubstituted or substituted by one or more R10, or heteroaryl, which is unsubstituted or substituted by one or more R10, R10 is, independently of each other, selected from halogen, cyano, C1-C4-alkyl, C1-C4-haloalkyl, C1-C4-alkoxy, and C1-C4-haloalkoxy, p is 0 to 4, m is 0 to 3, and tautomers/isomers/diastereomers/enantiomers of these compounds.
 2. The compound according to claim 1 wherein R1 and R2 are each methyl, or R1 and R2 form together with the carbon atom, to which they are attached, a cyclopropyl or cyclobutyl ring,
 3. The compound according to claim 1 wherein Y is C—H or N.
 4. The compound according to claim 1, wherein R3 is, independently of each other, selected from a halogen, cyano, C1-C2-alkyl and C1-C2-haloalkyl.
 5. The compound according to claim 1, wherein R8 is, independently selected from, a halogen, cyano, C1-C2-alkyl, or C1-C2-haloalkyl.
 6. The compound according to claim 1, wherein p is 0, 1 or
 2. 7. The compound according to claim 1, wherein m is 0 or
 1. 8. Compounds of the formula IA

where R1, R2, R3, R8, Y, m and p are as defined for formula (I) in claim 1, and R6a, R6b, R6d and R6e are independently selected from, hydrogen, halogen, cyano, C1-C4-alkyl, C1-C4-haloalkyl, C1-C4-alkoxy, and C1-C4-haloalkoxy.
 9. Compounds of the formula IB

where R1, R2, R3, R8, Y, m and p are as defined for formula (I) in claim 1, and R6a, R6b, and R6d are, independently selected from, hydrogen, halogen, cyano, C1-C4-alkyl, C1-C4-haloalkyl, C1-C4-alkoxy, and C1-C4-haloalkoxy.
 10. Compounds of the formula IC

where R1, R2, R3, R8, Y, m and p are as defined for formula (I) in claim 1, and R6a, R6b, and R6e are, independently selected from, hydrogen, halogen, cyano, C1-C4-alkyl, C1-C4-haloalkyl, C1-C4-alkoxy, and C1-C4-haloalkoxy.
 11. A Pesticidal composition, which, in addition to comprising formulation adjuvants, comprises a nematicidal effective amount of a compound according to claim
 1. 12. A composition according to claim 11, which further comprises one or more insecticidally, acaricidally, nematicidally and/or fungicidally active agents.
 13. A method of controlling damage and/or yield loss caused by a pest and/or fungi which comprises applying to a pest, to a locus of a pest, or to a plant susceptible to attack by a pest and/or fungi or to a plant propagation material an effective amount of a compound of formula (I) as defined in claim
 1. 14. A method for the protecting plant propagation material from damage and/or yield loss caused by a pest and/or fungi which comprises applying to the propagation material or the site, where the propagation material is planted, an effective amount of a compound of formula (I) as defined in claim
 1. 15. The method according to claim 13 wherein the damage or loss is caused by a nematode pest.
 16. A treated plant propagation material, wherein adhered to the plant propagation material is an effective amount of a compound of formula (I) as defined in claim
 1. 17. A pharmaceutical composition for the control of helminths, arachnids or arthropodal endo- or ectoparasites which comprises a compound of formula (I) as defined in claim 1, a physiologically tolerable carrier and one or more customary formulation auxiliaries.
 18. A pharmaceutical composition comprising a compound defined in claim 1, a physiologically tolerable carrier, and one or more customary formulation auxiliaries for preventing infection with diseases transmitted through helminths, arachnids or arthropodal endo- or ectoparasites.
 19. The composition according to claim 17 further comprising one or more other biologically active compounds.
 20. A method of controlling and preventing endo- and ectoparasitic nematode infestations and infections in warm-blooded animals, which comprises injecting, topically applying or orally administering a composition according to claim
 17. 21. A compound of the formula IIc

wherein A1, A2, A4 and A5 are, independently of each other, N, CH or CR6, where the number of N atoms in the ring containing A1, A2, A4 and A5 is 0, 1 or 2, R6 is, independently of each other, halogen, cyano, C1-C4-alkyl, C1-C4-haloalkyl, C1-C4-alkoxy, or C1-C4-haloalkoxy and R1 and R2 are as defined in claim 1; provided when A1 is CH or C—CH3, at least one of A4 and A5 is N or CR6.
 22. A compound of the formula IVa

wherein A1, A2, A4 and A5 are, independently of each other, N, CH or CR6, where the number of N atoms in the ring containing A1, A2, A4 and A5 is 0, 1 or 2, R6 is, independently of each other, halogen, cyano, C1-C4-alkyl, C1-C4-haloalkyl, C1-C4-alkoxy, or C1-C4-haloalkoxy, and R1 and R2 are as defined in claim 1; provided when A1 is CH or C—C1-C4-alkyl, at least one of A2, A4 and A5 is N or CR6.
 23. A process for the preparation of compounds of the formula I by acylation of an organometallic compound of formula III in which R3, p, R8, m and Y are as defined under formula I in claim 1, and M(a) is a metal, with a carboxylic acid derivative of formula II in which A1, A2, A4, A5, R1 and R2 are defined in claim 1, and X(a) is a C1-C6 alkoxy, a hetero-substituted —C1-C6 alkoxy or a heteroatom-substituted dialkylaminyl, in a solvent for between 10 minutes and 5 hours and between −80° C. to 25° C.


24. A process for the preparation of compounds of the formula Va

wherein R8, m, and Y are as defined in claim 1 and X(b) is a halogen, which comprises a temperature controlled addition of an aqueous solution of sodium nitrite to a aqueous solution of a salt of 2,2,2-trifluoroethylamine, a compound of the formula VIa

and a metal catalyst, where the sodium nitrite solution is added in such a manner that the reaction temperature is kept between 0 and 100° C. 